Inferred level of calcification decreases along an increasing temperature gradient in a Mediterranean endemic coral

@article{Goffredo2009InferredLO,
  title={Inferred level of calcification decreases along an increasing temperature gradient in a Mediterranean endemic coral},
  author={Stefano Goffredo and Erik Caroselli and Guido Mattioli and Elettra Pignotti and Zvy Dubinsky and Francesco Zaccantia},
  journal={Limnology and Oceanography},
  year={2009},
  volume={54}
}
The correlation between solar radiation and sea surface temperature (SST) and growth was assessed along a latitudinal gradient. Extension rate and skeletal density were both correlated with calcification rate, indicating that calcium carbonate deposition was allocated evenly between skeletal density and linear extension. Unlike most studies on other tropical and temperate corals, in which calcification was positively correlated with solar radiation and SST, in the present study calcification… 
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