Competitive fitness of a predominant pelagic calcifier impaired by ocean acidification

• Main Authors: Riebesell, Ulf, Bach, Lennart Thomas, Bellerby, Richard G J, Bermúdez Monsalve, Rafael, Boxhammer, Tim, Czerny, Jan, Larsen, Aud
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: BIOACID; Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.868772; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.868772

Coccolithophores -single-celled calcifying phytoplankton- are an important group of marine primary producers and the dominant builders of calcium carbonate globally. Coccolithophores form extensive blooms and increase the density and sinking speed of organic matter via calcium carbonate ballasting....