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  • Symbiodinium mitigate the combined effects of hypoxia and acidification on a noncalcifying cnidarian.

Symbiodinium mitigate the combined effects of hypoxia and acidification on a noncalcifying cnidarian.

Global change biology (2017-04-09)
Shannon G Klein, Kylie A Pitt, Matthew R Nitschke, Samantha Goyen, David T Welsh, David J Suggett, Anthony R Carroll
PMID28390081
ABSTRACT

Anthropogenic nutrient inputs enhance microbial respiration within many coastal ecosystems, driving concurrent hypoxia and acidification. During photosynthesis, Symbiodinium spp., the microalgal endosymbionts of cnidarians and other marine phyla, produce O