Potential Interactions Among Ocean Acidification, Coccolithophores, and the Optical Properties of Seawater

The effects of ocean acidification (OA) are expected to be manifest over a broad range of spatial and temporal scales throughout the world ocean as its pH drops from the pre-industrial value of 8.2 to 7.8 by the year 2100. Calcifying plankton (like other biocalcifiers such as corals and shellfish) a...

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Main Authors: William M. Balch, Paul E. Utgoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2009-12-01
Series:Oceanography
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Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/issues/issue_archive/issue_pdfs/22_4/22-4_balch.pdf