C. compactum acts as a comprehensive climate archive and ecological foundation in the Labrador Sea

• Main Author: Heckman, Sadie
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2024
• Subjects: climate; proxy; CCA; algae; SST; Biochemistry; Biology; Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; McCoy; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/3495; https://scholarship.claremont.edu/context/cmc_theses/article/4647/viewcontent/Heckman__Sadie_Thesis.pdf

Clathromorphum compactum, a species of crustose coralline algae (CCA), is incredibly valuable for the future of high latitude ocean health, both as a comprehensive archive of changing ocean conditions, and ecologically as a foundational species for promoting biodiversity. Previous work establishes C...