The role of ocean acidification in Emiliania huxleyi coccolith thinning in the Mediterranean Sea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2857-2869

  Meier, K J S ^a   Beaufort, L ^a   Heussner, S ^b   Ziveri, P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BODY MASS; CALCIFICATION; CARBONATE; CLONE; COCCOLITH; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MORPHOTYPE; SEDIMENT CORE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84901711218     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-2857-2014     Document Type: Article

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