Coralline Alga (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Coralline Alga

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This image shows coralline algae (with a scale bar of 1cm). New research from the University of Bristol, UK has found that ocean acidification is affecting the formation of the skeleton of coralline algae which play an important part in marine biodiversity.

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Leanne Melbourne

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Image is for single use only to illustrate articles on the Scientific Reports paper 'Impact of high CO2 on the geochemistry of the coralline algae Lithothamnion glaciale' by Ragazzola et al and must not be archived

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