A hypothesis linking sub-optimal seawater <I>p</I>CO<sub>2</sub> conditions for cnidarian-<I>Symbiodinium</I> symbioses with the exceedence of the interglacial threshold (>260 ppmv)
Most scleractinian corals and many other cnidarians host intracellular photosynthetic dinoflagellate symbionts ("zooxanthellae"). The zooxanthellae contribute to host metabolism and skeletogenesis to such an extent that this symbiosis is well recognised for its contribution in creating the...
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Copernicus Publications
2012-05-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/9/1709/2012/bg-9-1709-2012.pdf |