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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Language: | English |
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The Oceanography Society
2009-12-01
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Series: | Oceanography |
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Online Access: | http://tos.org/oceanography/issues/issue_archive/issue_pdfs/22_4/22-4_balch.pdf |