Archive for November 16, 2024
Modeling Southern Ocean PIC? Contrasting temperature-growth curves for coccolithophores and their grazers is key! (New paper)
Coccolithophores, unicellular calcifying phytoplankton, grow in a region spanning the entire Southern Ocean termed the “Great Calcite Belt” (GCB). Particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) is generated through the process of coccolithophore calcification, and the GCB is thought to host over a quarter of globally suspended PIC. Sensitive to changes in temperature and ocean alkalinity, coccolithophore growth…
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