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Articles | Volume 14, issue 13
Articles | Volume 14, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3287-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3287-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 13
Research article
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10 Jul 2017
Research article |  | 10 Jul 2017

Size-dependent response of foraminiferal calcification to seawater carbonate chemistry

Michael J. Henehan, David Evans, Madison Shankle, Janet E. Burke, Gavin L. Foster, Eleni Anagnostou, Thomas B. Chalk, Joseph A. Stewart, Claudia H. S. Alt, Joseph Durrant, and Pincelli M. Hull

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It is still unclear whether foraminifera (calcifying plankton that play an important role in cycling carbon) will have difficulty in making their shells in more acidic oceans, with different studies often reporting apparently conflicting results. We used live lab cultures, mathematical models, and fossil measurements to test this question, and found low pH does reduce calcification. However, we find this response is likely size-dependent, which may have obscured this response in other studies.
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