Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

The exposure of the Great Barrier Reef to ocean acidification

  • Mathieu Mongin,
  • Mark E. Baird,
  • Bronte Tilbrook,
  • Richard J. Matear,
  • Andrew Lenton,
  • Mike Herzfeld,
  • Karen Wild-Allen,
  • Jenny Skerratt,
  • Nugzar Margvelashvili,
  • Barbara J. Robson,
  • Carlos M. Duarte,
  • Malin S. M. Gustafsson,
  • Peter J. Ralph,
  • Andrew D. L. Steven

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10732
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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As the oceans become acidic, corals reefs are threatened, generating a need to understand the driving forces controlling the chemical state of the Great Barrier Reef. Here, the authors show a greater spatial variability than previously reported, created by the interaction of reef processes and ocean circulation.