CO2-Driven Ocean Acidification Alters and Weakens Integrity of the Calcareous Tubes Produced by the Serpulid Tubeworm, Hydroides elegans

Vera Bin San Chan; Chaoyi Li; Ackley Charles Lane; Yanchun Wang; Xingwen Lu; Kaimin Shih; Tong Zhang; Vengatesen Thiyagarajan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042718

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CO₂-Driven Ocean Acidification Alters and Weakens Integrity of the Calcareous Tubes Produced by the Serpulid Tubeworm, Hydroides elegans

Vera Bin San Chan,

Affiliation The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Chaoyi Li,

Affiliation The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Ackley Charles Lane,

Affiliation The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Yanchun Wang,

Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Xingwen Lu,

Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Kaimin Shih,

Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Tong Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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Vengatesen Thiyagarajan

* E-mail: rajan@hku.hk

Affiliation The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
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CO₂-Driven Ocean Acidification Alters and Weakens Integrity of the Calcareous Tubes Produced by the Serpulid Tubeworm, Hydroides elegans

Vera Bin San Chan,
Chaoyi Li,
Ackley Charles Lane,
Yanchun Wang,
Xingwen Lu,
Kaimin Shih,
Tong Zhang,
Vengatesen Thiyagarajan

Published: August 13, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042718

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