Coccolithophore surface distributions in the North Atlantic and their modulation of the air-sea flux of CO<sub>2</sub> from 10 years of satellite Earth observation data
Coccolithophores are the primary oceanic phytoplankton responsible for the production of calcium carbonate (CaCO<sub>3</sub>). These climatically important plankton play a key role in the oceanic carbon cycle as a major contributor of carbon to the open ocean carbonate pump (~50%) and th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/10/2699/2013/bg-10-2699-2013.pdf |