Perturbing phytoplankton: Response and isotopic fractionation with changing carbonate chemistry in two coccolithophore species

Climate of the Past

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 771-785

  Rickaby, R E M ^a   Henderiks, J ^b,c   Young, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIFICATION; COCCOLITH; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NANOFOSSIL; ORGANIC MATTER; PERTURBATION; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 78649851401     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-6-771-2010     Document Type: Article

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