Multidecadal increase in North Atlantic coccolithophores and the potential role of rising CO 2

Autor:	William M. Balch, Seth D. Guikema, Anand Gnanadesikan, Sara Rivero-Calle, Carlos E. Del Castillo
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Multidisciplinary biology Coccolithophore Global warming biology.organism_classification Carbon cycle chemistry.chemical_compound Oceanography chemistry Atlantic multidecadal oscillation Carbon dioxide Phytoplankton Environmental science Continuous Plankton Recorder
Zdroj:	Science. 350:1533-1537
ISSN:	1095-9203 0036-8075
DOI:	10.1126/science.aaa8026
Popis:	Passing an acid test Calcifying marine organisms will generally find it harder to make and maintain their carbonate skeletons as increasing concentrations of atmospheric CO 2 acidify the oceans. Nevertheless, some types of organisms will be damaged more than others, and some may even benefit from higher CO 2 levels. Coccolithophores are a case in point, because their photosynthetic ability is strongly carbon-limited. Rivero-Calle et al. show that the abundance of coccolithophores in the North Atlantic has increased by up to 20% or more in the past 50 years (see the Perspective by Vogt). Thus, this major phytoplankton functional group may be able to adapt to a future with higher CO 2 concentrations. Science , this issue p. 1533 ; see also p. 1466
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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