Decrease in coccolithophore calcification and CO2 since the middle Miocene

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Bolton, Clara T ^a,b   Hernández Sánchez, María T ^a   Fuertes, Miguel Ángel ^c   González Lemos, Saúl ^a   Abrevaya, Lorena ^a   Mendez Vicente, Ana ^a   Flores, José Abel ^c   Probert, Ian ^d   Giosan, Liviu ^e   Johnson, Joel ^f   Stoll, Heather M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; CALCIUM CARBONATE; SEA WATER;

CALCIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COCCOLITH; MIOCENE; NEW RECORD;

ACIDIFICATION; ALGA; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CARBON CYCLING; COCCOLITH; HAPTOPHYTA; MIDDLE MIOCENE; NONHUMAN; PH; SEA; UPPER PLEISTOCENE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HAPTOPHYTA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84954149874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10284     Document Type: Article

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