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SUBMITTER: McClelland HL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5039703 | biostudies-other | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
McClelland H L O HL Barbarin N N Beaufort L L Hermoso M M Ferretti P P Greaves M M Rickaby R E M RE
Scientific reports 20160928
Coccolithophores are single-celled photosynthesizing marine algae, responsible for half of the calcification in the surface ocean, and exert a strong influence on the distribution of carbon among global reservoirs, and thus Earth's climate. Calcification in the surface ocean decreases the buffering capacity of seawater for CO<sub>2</sub>, whilst photosynthetic carbon fixation has the opposite effect. Experiments in culture have suggested that coccolithophore calcification decreases under high CO ...[more]