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Newly deceased Caribbean reef-building corals experience rapid carbonate loss and colonization by endolithic organisms
Coral mortality triggers the loss of carbonates fixed within coral skeletons, compromising the reef matrix. Here, we estimate rates of carbonate loss in newly deceased colonies of four Caribbean reef-building corals. We use samples from living and recently deceased colonies following a stony coral t...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10497637/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37699971 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05301-3 |