Sentences with phrase «calcite skeletons»

So a relatively positive outcome would be that organisms with aragonite skeletons gain the upper hand over those with calcite skeletons and manage to partly fill their niches in the ecosystem.

Not so fortunate are the coral with a calcite skeleton.

But since corals, be it with an aragonite or a calcite skeleton, both rely on symbiotic algae as their main source of energy they remain vulnerable, since those algae are highly susceptible to both low pH and high temperatures.

Not exact matches

«Crinoids and other echinoderms have a skeleton comprised of innumerable individual calcite plates held together by various connective soft tissues.

At the foot of a massive speleothem, or mineral deposit, they found the remains of two young men, their skeletons dismembered and encrusted with calcite.

But they conclude that marine organisms with skeletons made of high - magnesium calcite may be especially susceptible to ocean acidification because this form of calcium carbonate dissolves more easily than others.

These organisms appear to be particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification because their shells and skeletons are more vulnerable to dissolution than pure calcite and aragonite.

«Our research broadly suggests that those with skeletons made of aragonite have the coping mechanism — while those that follow the calcite pathway generally do less well under more acidic conditions.»

Acidification increases the corrosiveness of the water and is also driving a decline in the amount of carbonate ion, needed to make aragonite and calcite, two forms of calcium carbonate that many marine organisms use to build their shells and skeletons.

Calcite - A calcium carbonate (limestone) mineral, used by shell - or skeleton - forming, calcifying organisms such as foraminifera, some macroalgae, lobsters, crabs, sea urchins and starfish.