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Nitrogen source and pCO2 synergistically affect carbon allocation, growth and morphology of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi: potential implications of ocean acidification for the carbon cycle

Posted on EPOCA: 14 Oct 2011   Coccolithophores are unicellular phytoplankton that produce calcium carbonate coccoliths as an exoskeleton. Emiliania huxleyi, the most abundant coccolithophore in the world’s ocean, plays a major role in the global carbon cycle by regulating the exchange of CO2 across the ocean-atmosphere interface through photosynthesis and calcium

The Third International Symposium on the Ocean in a High CO2 World will take place in Monterey, California from September 24th to 27th, 2012.

Registration, Abstract submission and Hotel reservations are all open as of October 12, 2011. Ulf Riebesell. Lophelia pertusa, a cold-water coral building extensive reefs in the deep ocean, will be one of the first habitat-builders exposed to waters turning corrosive due to ocean acidfication. The Third Symposium on The Ocean