Coccolithophores and calcite saturation state in the Baltic and Black Seas
The Baltic and Black Seas are both brackish, that is to say both have salinities intermediate between freshwater and seawater. The coccolithophore <i>Emiliania huxleyi</i> is abundant in one, the Black Sea, but absent from the other, the Baltic Sea. Here we present summer...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2008-04-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/5/485/2008/bg-5-485-2008.pdf |