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TI Pteropods from the Caribbean Sea: variations in calcification as an indicator of past ocean carbonate saturation
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AF WALL-PALMER, D.
   HART, M. B.
   SMART, C. W.
   SPARKS, R. S. J.
   LE FRIANT, A.
   BOUDON, G.
   DEPLUS, Christine
   KOMOROWSKI, J. C.
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C1 Univ Plymouth, Sch Geog Earth & Environm Sci, Plymouth PL4 8AA, Devon, England.
   Univ Bristol, Dept Earth Sci, Bristol BS8 1RJ, Avon, England.
   Inst Phys Globe Paris, F-75238 Paris 05, France.
C2 UNIV PLYMOUTH, UK
   UNIV BRISTOL, UK
   IPGP, FRANCE
SI AUTRE
SE AUTRE
IN DOAJ
IF 3.75
TC 31
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00215/32656/31067.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR AGUADOMAR
   CARAVAL
BO L'Atalante
AB The aragonite shell-bearing thecosome pteropods are an important component of the oceanic plankton. However, with increasing pCO(2) and the associated reduction in oceanic pH (ocean acidification), thecosome pteropods are thought to be particularly vulnerable to shell dissolution. The distribution and preservation of pteropods over the last 250 000 years have been investigated in marine sediment cores from the Caribbean Sea close to the island of Montserrat. Using the Limacina Dissolution Index (LDX), fluctuations in pteropod calcification through the most recent glacial/interglacial cycles are documented. By comparison to the oxygen isotope record (global ice volume), we show that pteropod calcification is closely linked to global changes in pCO(2) and pH and is, therefore, a global signal. These data are in agreement with the findings of experiments upon living pteropods, which show that variations in pH can greatly affect aragonitic shells. The results of this study provide information which may be useful in the prediction of future changes to the pteropod assemblage caused by ocean acidification.
PY 2012
SO Biogeosciences
SN 1726-4170
PU Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh
VL 9
IS 1
UT 000300229000022
BP 309
EP 315
DI 10.5194/bg-9-309-2012
ID 32656
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