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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-7207-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-7207-2014
Research article
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17 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 17 Dec 2014

Identifying vital effects in Halimeda algae with Ca isotopes

C. L. Blättler, S. M. Stanley, G. M. Henderson, and H. C. Jenkyns

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Halimeda algae were used as a test organism to untangle some of the specific factors that influence skeletal composition, in particular Ca-isotope composition. Algae were stimulated to precipitate both calcite and aragonite by growth in artificial Cretaceous seawater. Comparison of the skeletal Ca-isotope ratios with inorganic carbonate forms indicates the effects of mineralogy and Rayleigh distillation of Ca on the geochemistry of their carbonate skeletons.
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