Articles | Volume 10, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1859-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1859-2018
Review article
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16 Oct 2018
Review article |  | 16 Oct 2018

A global compilation of coccolithophore calcification rates

Chris J. Daniels, Alex J. Poulton, William M. Balch, Emilio Marañón, Tim Adey, Bruce C. Bowler, Pedro Cermeño, Anastasia Charalampopoulou, David W. Crawford, Dave Drapeau, Yuanyuan Feng, Ana Fernández, Emilio Fernández, Glaucia M. Fragoso, Natalia González, Lisa M. Graziano, Rachel Heslop, Patrick M. Holligan, Jason Hopkins, María Huete-Ortega, David A. Hutchins, Phoebe J. Lam, Michael S. Lipsen, Daffne C. López-Sandoval, Socratis Loucaides, Adrian Marchetti, Kyle M. J. Mayers, Andrew P. Rees, Cristina Sobrino, Eithne Tynan, and Toby Tyrrell

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Global compilation of coccolithophore calcification measurements from unperturbed water samples. Alex J. Poulton, Chris J. Daniels, William M. Balch, Emilio Maranon, Tim Adey, Bruce C. Bowler, Pedro Cermeno, Anastasia Charalamppopoulou, David W. Crawford, Dave T. Drapeau, Feng Yuanyuan, Ana Fernandez, Emilio Fernandez, Glaucia Mm. Fragoso, Natalia Gonzalez, Lisa M. Graziano, Rachel Heslop, Patrick M. Holligan, Jason Hopkins, Maria Huete-Ortega, David A. Hutchins, Phoebe J. Lam, Michael S. Lipsen, Daffne C. Lopez-Sandoval, Socratis Loucaides, Adrian Marchetti, Kyle M. J. Mayers, Andrew P. Rees, Cristina Sobrino, Eithne Tynan, and Toby Tyrrell https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.888182

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Calcifying marine algae (coccolithophores) are key to oceanic biogeochemical processes, such as calcium carbonate production and export. We compile a global database of calcium carbonate production from field samples (n = 2756), alongside primary production rates and coccolithophore abundance. Basic statistical analysis highlights global distribution, average surface and integrated rates, patterns with depth and the importance of considering cell-normalised rates as a simple physiological index.
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