Surviving rapid climate change in the deep sea during the Paleogene hyperthermals

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

Volumn 110, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 9273-9276

  Foster, Laura C ^a   Schmidt, Daniela N ^a   Thomas, Ellen ^b,c   Arndt, Sandra ^a   Ridgwell, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem stress response; Greenhouse gases; Marine calcifiers

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOCENE; NONHUMAN; PALEOCENE; PALEOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY;

ECOSYSTEM STRESS RESPONSE; GREENHOUSE GASES; MARINE CALCIFIERS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ATMOSPHERE; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORAMINIFERA; HISTORY, ANCIENT; OCEANS AND SEAS; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84878694138     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1300579110     Document Type: Article

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