Why marine phytoplankton calcify

Calcifying marine phytoplankton—coccolithophores— are some of the most successful yet enigmatic organisms in the ocean and are at risk from global change. To better understand how they will be affected, we need to know “why” coccolithophores calcify. We review coccolithophorid evolutionary history a...

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Main Authors: Monteiro, F. M., Bach, L. T., Brownlee, C., Bown, P., Rickaby, R. E. M., Poulton, A. J., Tyrrell, T., Beaufort, L., Gibbs, S., Gutowska, M. A., Lee, R., Riebesell, U., Young, J., Ridgwell, A., Dutkiewicz, Stephanie
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Global Change Science
Format: Article
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113623