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Decrease in coccolithophore calcification and CO2 since the middle Miocene
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2016.
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Abstract
- The impact of future and past carbonate chemistry changes on calcifying plankton is poorly understood. Here, the authors show that coccolithophore degree of calcification decreased significantly between 6 and 4 million years ago, in line with declining aqueous CO2concentrations.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7a206a95d5b4f9e99006bbd593f1a55
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10284