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Skeletal mineralogy in a high-CO2 world
Author(s): 
Ries, J.B.
2011

This study investigated changes in mineralization in 18 species of marine calcifiers, which were reared for 60 days in different levels of ocean acidification conditions. The results suggest that shell/skeletal mineralogy within some—but not all—marine calcifiers will change as carbon dioxide levels continue rising as a result of fossil fuel combustion and deforestation. (Laboratory study)