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06 Aug 2015
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Covariation of metabolic rates and cell size in coccolithophores
G. Aloisi
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Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentation et Approches Numériques, UMR7159, CNRS-UPMC-IRD-MNHN, 75252 Paris, France
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Metabolic rates and cell size in coccolithophore algae covary consistently in a large number of separate culture experiments as temperature, irradiance, nutrient and pCO2 conditions change.
These changes are comparable to the changes in cell size observed in the natural environment, both in the modern ocean and in marine sediments.
Changes in coccolithophore cell size in the field will help in understanding how this key phytoplankton species reacts to climate change.
Metabolic rates and cell size in coccolithophore algae covary consistently in a large number of...
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