Reduced calcification of marine plankton in response to increased atmospheric CO2

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6802, 2000, Pages 364-366

  Riebesell, Ulf ^a   Zondervan, Ingrid ^a   Rost, Björn ^a   Tortell, Philippe D ^b   Zeebe, Richard E ^a,c   Morel, François M M ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CALCIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; PLANKTON;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALCIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEDIMENT;

ALGAE; ATMOSPHERE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034699471     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35030078     Document Type: Article

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