Carbon isotope ratios of coccolith–associated polysaccharides of Emiliania huxleyi as a function of growth rate and CO2 concentration

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-10

  Wilkes, Elise B ^a   Lee, Renee B Y ^b,c   McClelland, Harry L O ^b,d   Rickaby, Rosalind E M ^b   Pearson, Ann ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkenone; Chemostat; Climate proxy; Coccolith; E. huxleyi; Isotope fractionation; Paleobarometry; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMOSTATS; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ALKENONES; CLIMATE PROXIES; COCCOLITH; E. HUXLEYI; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; PALEOBAROMETRY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALKENONE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CHEMOSTAT; COCCOLITH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ALGAE; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 85042454198     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2018.02.006     Document Type: Article

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