Diverse coral communities persist, but bioerosion escalates in Palau's low-pH waters
Sunday, June 7, 2015 - 14:30
in Earth & Climate
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.