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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2153-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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10 Apr 2015
Research article |
| 10 Apr 2015
Impact of seawater [Ca2+] on the calcification and calciteMg / Ca of Amphistegina lessonii
A. Mewes
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
G. Langer
Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University, Downing St., Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, UK
S. Thoms
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
G. Nehrke
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
G.-J. Reichart
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Landsdiep 4, 1797 SZ 't Horntje, Texel, the Netherlands
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, the Netherlands
L. J. de Nooijer
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Landsdiep 4, 1797 SZ 't Horntje, Texel, the Netherlands
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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A culture study with the benthic foraminifer Amphistegina lessonii was conducted at varying seawater [Ca2+] and constant [Mg2+]. Results showed optimum growth rates and test thickness at ambient seawater Mg/Ca and a calcite Mg/Ca which is controlled by the relative seawater ratio. Results support the conceptual biomineralization model by Nehrke et al. (2013); however, our refined flux-based model suggests transmembrane transport fractionation that is slightly weaker than expected.
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