Predominance of heavily calcified coccolithophores at low CaCO3 saturation during winter in the Bay of Biscay

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8845-8849

  Smith, Helen E K ^a,b   Tyrrell, Toby ^a   Charalampopoulou, Anastasia ^a   Dumousseaud, Cynthia ^a   Legge, Oliver J ^a   Birchenough, Sarah ^a   Pettit, Laura R ^a,c   Garley, Rebecca ^a,d   Hartman, Sue E ^b   Hartman, Mark C ^b   Sagoo, Navjit ^a,e   Daniels, Chris J ^a,b   Achterberg, Eric P ^a   Hydes, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; North Atlantic; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BAY; CALCIFICATION; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYTA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FRANCE; HAPTOPHYTA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEASONS; SEAWATER;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84861877067     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117508109     Document Type: Article

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