Nitrogen source and pCO 2 synergistically affect carbon allocation, growth and morphology of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi: Potential implications of ocean acidification for the carbon cycle

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 493-503

  Lefebvre, Stephane C ^a   Benner, Ina ^a   Stillman, Jonathon H ^a   Parker, Alexander E ^a   Drake, Michelle K ^a   Rossignol, Pascale E ^a   Okimura, Kristine M ^a   Komada, Tomoko ^a   Carpenter, Edward J ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Carbon; Global climate change; Nitrogen; Ocean acidification; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON;

CYANOBACTERIA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84855827817     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02575.x     Document Type: Article

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