Dissolution dominating calcification process in polar pteropods close to the point of aragonite undersaturation.

Thecosome pteropods are abundant upper-ocean zooplankton that build aragonite shells. Ocean acidification results in the lowering of aragonite saturation levels in the surface layers, and several incubation studies have shown that rates of calcification in these organisms decrease as a result. This...

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Main Authors: Nina Bednaršek, Geraint A Tarling, Dorothee C E Bakker, Sophie Fielding, Richard A Feely
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4186832?pdf=render