Spatio-temporal variation of skeletal Mg-calcite in Antarctic marine calcifiers.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Blanca Figuerola, Damian B Gore, Glenn Johnstone, Jonathan S Stark
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Casey Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210231; https://doaj.org/article/3018ba930766429483ed8818be50d71a

Human driven changes such as increases in oceanic CO2, global warming, petroleum hydrocarbons and heavy metals may negatively affect the ability of marine calcifiers to build their skeletons/shells, especially in polar regions. We examine spatio-temporal variability of skeletal Mg-calcite in shallow...