An unaccounted fraction of marine biogenic CaCO3 particles.

Biogenic production and sedimentation of calcium carbonate in the ocean, referred to as the carbonate pump, has profound implications for the ocean carbon cycle, and relate both to global climate, ocean acidification and the geological past. In marine pelagic environments coccolithophores, foraminif...

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Main Authors: Mikal Heldal, Svein Norland, Egil S Erichsen, T Frede Thingstad, Gunnar Bratbak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23110119/pdf/?tool=EBI