Coccolithophore responses to environmental variability in the South China
Sea: species composition and calcite content

Jin, Xiaobo; Liu, Chuanlian; Poulton, Alex J.; Dai, Minhan; Guo, Xianghui

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4843-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4843-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4843-2016

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Articles | Volume 13, issue 16

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29 Aug 2016

Research article |

| 29 Aug 2016

Coccolithophore responses to environmental variability in the South China Sea: species composition and calcite content

Xiaobo Jin, Chuanlian Liu, Alex J. Poulton, Minhan Dai, and Xianghui Guo

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RC1: 'a review for the manuscript entitled “Coccolithophore responses to environmental variability in the South China Sea: species composition and calcite content”', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Apr 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #1', Xiaobo Jin, 12 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Coccolithophore responses to environmental variability in the South China Sea: species composition and calcite content” by X. B. Jin et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Apr 2016
AC2: 'Reply to Referee #2', Xiaobo Jin, 09 May 2016

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (17 May 2016) by Koji Suzuki

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (28 Jun 2016) by Koji Suzuki

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The vertical structure of the coccolithophore community in the water column was controlled by trophic conditions, which were regulated by mesoscale eddies across the South China Sea basin. Three key species (Emiliania huxleyi, Gephyrocapsa oceanica, Florisphaera profunda) contributed roughly half of the surface ocean coccolith-calcite concentrations. E. huxleyi coccolith length is influenced by light and nutrients through the regulation of growth rates.