Diverse coral communities persist, but bioerosion escalates in Palau’s low-pH waters
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 5 June, 2015
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The coral reefs in Palau seem to be defying the odds, showing none of the predicted responses to low pH except for an increase in bioerosion -- the physical breakdown of coral skeletons by boring organisms such as mollusks and worms....