The O2, pH and Ca2+ microenvironment of benthic foraminifera in a high CO2 world.

Ocean acidification (OA) can have adverse effects on marine calcifiers. Yet, phototrophic marine calcifiers elevate their external oxygen and pH microenvironment in daylight, through the uptake of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) by photosynthesis. We studied to which extent pH elevation within thei...

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Main Authors: Martin S Glas, Katharina E Fabricius, Dirk de Beer, Sven Uthicke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3499438?pdf=render