The origin of carbon isotope vital effects in coccolith calcite

Coccoliths are generally underused in palaeo-reconstructions due to unknown vital effects, which complicate their isotopic signatures. Here, the authors develop a cellular model of carbon isotopic fluxes calibrated byin vivoexperiments and shed light on the vital effects that undermine coccolith uti...

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Main Authors: H. L. O. McClelland, J. Bruggeman, M. Hermoso, R. E. M. Rickaby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14511