Gene expression changes in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi after 500 generations of selection to ocean acidification

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1786, 2014, Pages

  Lohbeck, Kai T ^a   Riebesell, Ulf ^a   Reusch, Thorsten B H ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Calcification; Gene expression; Ocean acidification; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ACIDIFICATION; ADAPTATION; ALGA; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COCCOLITH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 84900548223     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0003     Document Type: Article

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