Long-term trends in calcifying plankton and pH in the North Sea.

Relationships between six calcifying plankton groups and pH are explored in a highly biologically productive and data-rich area of the central North Sea using time-series datasets. The long-term trends show that abundances of foraminiferans, coccolithophores, and echinoderm larvae have risen over th...

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Main Authors: Doug Beare, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Tessa van der Hammen, Marcel Machiels, Shwu Jiau Teoh, Jason M Hall-Spencer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3641030?pdf=render