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Research article
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07 Nov 2017
Research article |
| 07 Nov 2017
The influence of environmental variability on the biogeography of coccolithophores and diatoms in the Great Calcite Belt
Helen E. K. Smith
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH,
UK
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Alex J. Poulton
National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH,
UK
presently at: The Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh,
EH14 4AS, UK
Rebecca Garley
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, 17 Biological Station, Ferry
Reach, St. George's GE 01, Bermuda
Jason Hopkins
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive, P.O. Box 380,
East Boothbay, Maine 04544, USA
Laura C. Lubelczyk
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive, P.O. Box 380,
East Boothbay, Maine 04544, USA
Dave T. Drapeau
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive, P.O. Box 380,
East Boothbay, Maine 04544, USA
Sara Rauschenberg
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive, P.O. Box 380,
East Boothbay, Maine 04544, USA
Ben S. Twining
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive, P.O. Box 380,
East Boothbay, Maine 04544, USA
Nicholas R. Bates
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, 17 Biological Station, Ferry
Reach, St. George's GE 01, Bermuda
William M. Balch
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive, P.O. Box 380,
East Boothbay, Maine 04544, USA
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The Great Calcite Belt (GCB), a region of high calcite concentration from coccolithophores, covers 60 % of the Southern Ocean area. We examined the influence of temperature, macronutrients, and carbonate chemistry on the distribution of mineralizing phytoplankton in the GCB. Coccolithophores occupy a niche in the Southern Ocean after the diatom spring bloom depletes silicic acid. No single environmental variable holds a dominant influence over phytoplankton biogeography in summer GCB conditions.
The Great Calcite Belt (GCB), a region of high calcite concentration from coccolithophores,...
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