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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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17 Jan 2020
Research article |
| 17 Jan 2020
| 17 Jan 2020
Coccolithophore biodiversity controls carbonate export in the Southern Ocean
Andrés S. Rigual Hernández
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Área de Paleontología, Departamento de Geología, Universidad
de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Thomas W. Trull
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University
of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Scott D. Nodder
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington 6021, New
Zealand
José A. Flores
Área de Paleontología, Departamento de Geología, Universidad
de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Helen Bostock
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington 6021, New
Zealand
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Fátima Abrantes
Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), Divisão de
Geologia Marinha (DivGM), Rua Alferedo Magalhães Ramalho 6, Lisbon,
Portugal
CCMAR, Centro de Ciências do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de
Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Ruth S. Eriksen
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania,
Private Bag 129, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Francisco J. Sierro
Área de Paleontología, Departamento de Geología, Universidad
de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Diana M. Davies
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University
of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Anne-Marie Ballegeer
Departamento de Didáctica de las Matemáticas y de las Ciencias
Experimentales, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Miguel A. Fuertes
Departamento de Didáctica de las Matemáticas y de las Ciencias
Experimentales, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Lisa C. Northcote
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington 6021, New
Zealand
Data sets
Coccolithophore species fluxes in the Australian and New Zealand sectors of the Subantarctic Zone A. S. Rigual-Hernandez, T. W. Trull, and S. Nodder https://doi.org/10.26179/5ddf3db06a153
Short summary
Coccolithophores account for a major fraction of the carbonate produced in the world's oceans. However, their contribution in the subantarctic Southern Ocean remains undocumented. We quantitatively partition calcium carbonate fluxes amongst coccolithophore species in the Australian–New Zealand sector of the Southern Ocean. We provide new insights into the importance of species other than Emiliania huxleyi in the carbon cycle and assess their possible response to projected environmental change.
Coccolithophores account for a major fraction of the carbonate produced in the world's oceans....
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