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Phytoplankton Calcification in a High-CO2 World
Description: Ocean acidification in response to rising atmospheric CO2 partial pressures is widely expected to reduce calcification by marine organisms. From the mid-Mesozoic, coccolithophores have been major calcium carbonate producers in the world's oceans, today accounting for about a third of the total marine CaCO3 production. Here, we present laboratory evidence that calcification and net primary production in the coccolithophore species Emiliania huxleyi are significantly increased by high CO2 partial pressures. [Source: Science]
URL: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/320/5874/336?sa_campaign=Email/toc/18-April-2008/10.1126/science.1154122
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Source: Science
Publish Date: 4/18/2008
Reading Level: Expert
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