Scleractinian coral species survive and recover from decalcification

Maoz Fine; Dan Tchernov

doi:10.1126/science.1137094

Scleractinian coral species survive and recover from decalcification

Maoz Fine^*, Dan Tchernov

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Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior (EEB)

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Abstract

When seawater pH drops by 0.7 units, stony corals can survive for months as soft bodies lacking skeletons and then recalcify as the pH normalizes.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	1811
Number of pages	1
Journal	Science
Volume	315
Issue number	5820
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1137094
State	Published - 30 Mar 2007

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