Variable production of transparent exopolymeric particles by haploid and diploid life stages of coccolithophores grown under different CO 2 concentrations

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 388-398

  Pedrotti, Maria Luiza ^a,b   Fiorini, Sarah ^a,b,c   Kerros, Marie Emmanuelle ^a,b   Middelburg, Jack J ^c,d   Gattuso, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

coccolithophores; life cycle; ocean acidification; pCO 2; TEP production

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACIDIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COCCOLITH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; EXOPOLYMER; GROWTH RATE; LIFE CYCLE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOPLANKTON; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALCIDISCUS LEPTOPORUS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE; SYRACOSPHAERA PULCHRA;

EID: 84859387421     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbs012     Document Type: Article

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