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Corals in deep-water: will the unseen hand of ocean acidification destroy cold-water ecosystems?

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  1. Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, PL1 3DH, Plymouth, Devon, UK

    C. M. Turley

  2. Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, PA37 1QA, Oban, Argyll, UK

    J. M. Roberts

  3. Marine Conservation Biology Institute, 2122 112th Avenue NE, Suite B-300, Bellevue, WA, 98004-2947, USA

    J. M. Guinotte

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Turley, C.M., Roberts, J.M. & Guinotte, J.M. Corals in deep-water: will the unseen hand of ocean acidification destroy cold-water ecosystems?. Coral Reefs 26, 445–448 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-007-0247-5

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