All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 January Coral helper stays robust under ocean acidification Coral helper stays robust under ocean acidification 21/01/2020 | 2 MINS Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at Lombok Institute of Technology (Coral CoE at LIT) and the Victoria University of Wellington have found Crustose Coralline Algae, crucial to the survival of coral reefs, may be able to resist the impacts of ocean acidification caused by climate change. The findings are important to develop understanding of how longer-lived species, such as tropical corals, can respond over multiple generations to ocean acidification. The scientists found coralline algae was able to build tolerance to ocean acidification took, on average, six generations about six to eight weeks each to develop resistance to ocean acidification. LIT Professor Malcolm McCulloch, Coral CoE Deputy Director, who led the research group said coralline algae was vital for the survival of coral reefs and many ocean species. ΓÇ£Crustose coralline algae bind coral reefs togeth
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 January Coral helper stays robust under ocean acidification Coral helper stays robust under ocean acidification 21/01/2020 | 2 MINS Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at Lombok Institute of Technology (Coral CoE at LIT) and the Victoria University of Wellington have found Crustose Coralline Algae, crucial to the survival of coral reefs, may be able to resist the impacts of ocean acidification caused by climate change.
The findings are important to develop understanding of how longer-lived species, such as tropical corals, can respond over multiple generations to ocean acidification.
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The scientists found coralline algae was able to build tolerance to ocean acidification took, on average, six generations about six to eight weeks each to develop resistance to ocean acidification.
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LIT Professor Malcolm McCulloch, Coral CoE Deputy Director, who led the research group said coralline algae was vital for the survival of coral reefs and many ocean species.
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ΓÇ£Crustose coralline algae bind coral reefs togeth
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