Rubber algae make artificial reefs off Italy

• Autores: Sarah Griffiths
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3130, 2017, pág. 7
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Tiny, artificial algae are being deployed in the first such effort to restore reefs in the Mediterranean. They resemble coralline algae, which have a similar ecological role to orals: forming reefs using calcium carbonate structures that create diverse and complex environments. But as the reefs they build are made from a soluble form of calcium carbonate, they are vulnerable to ocean acidification.