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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4393-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4393-2019
Research article
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20 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 20 Nov 2019

How will the key marine calcifier Emiliania huxleyi respond to a warmer and more thermally variable ocean?

Xinwei Wang, Feixue Fu, Pingping Qu, Joshua D. Kling, Haibo Jiang, Yahui Gao, and David A. Hutchins

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In this study, we examine the responses of E. huxleyi to a future warmer and more thermally variable ocean. Elevated temperatures and thermal variation have negative effects on growth rate and physiology that are especially pronounced at high temperatures, but high-frequency thermal variation may reduce the risk of extreme high-temperature events. These findings have potentially large implications for ocean productivity and marine biogeochemical cycles under a future changing climate.
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