Faster Crystallization during Coral Skeleton Formation Correlates with Resilience to Ocean Acidification
By: Schmidt C.A., Stifler C.A., Luffey E.L., Fordyce B.I., Ahmed A., Barreiro Pujol G., Breit C.P., Davison S.S., Klaus C.N., Koehler I.J., Lecloux I.M., Matute Diaz C., Nguyen C.M., Quach V., Sengkhammee J.S., Walch E.J., Xiong M.M., Tambutté E., Tambutté S., Mass T., Gilbert P.U.P.A.
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society
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Description: The mature skeletons of hard corals, termed stony or scleractinian corals, are made of aragonite (CaCO3). During their f (more…)