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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1859-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1859-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Review article
| 
16 Oct 2018
Review article |
| 16 Oct 2018
| 16 Oct 2018
A global compilation of coccolithophore calcification rates
Chris J. Daniels
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
The Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Sciences and Technology,
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
William M. Balch
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544,
Maine, USA
Emilio Marañón
Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Universidad
de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton,
University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Bruce C. Bowler
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544,
Maine, USA
Pedro Cermeño
Instituto de Cièncias del Mar, CSIC, E08003 Barcelona, Spain
Anastasia Charalampopoulou
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton,
University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
David W. Crawford
Climate Chemistry Laboratory, Institute of Ocean Sciences,
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2 Canada
Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British
Columbia V8W 2YA, Canada
Dave Drapeau
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544,
Maine, USA
Yuanyuan Feng
Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin Shi, 300457,
China
Ana Fernández
Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Universidad
de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
Emilio Fernández
Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Universidad
de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
Glaucia M. Fragoso
Trondhjem Biological Station, Department of Biology, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
Natalia González
Biodiversity and Conservation Area, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos,
28933 Madrid, Spain
Lisa M. Graziano
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544,
Maine, USA
Rachel Heslop
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton,
University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Patrick M. Holligan
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton,
University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Jason Hopkins
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544,
Maine, USA
María Huete-Ortega
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
David A. Hutchins
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Phoebe J. Lam
Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa
Cruz, California, CA 95064, USA
Michael S. Lipsen
Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
British Columbia BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Daffne C. López-Sandoval
Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
Socratis Loucaides
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton,
University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Adrian Marchetti
Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, NC 27599, USA
Kyle M. J. Mayers
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton,
University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Andrew P. Rees
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, West Hoe, Plymouth,
PL1 3DH, UK
Cristina Sobrino
Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Universidad
de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
Eithne Tynan
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton,
University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Toby Tyrrell
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton,
University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
Data sets
Global compilation of coccolithophore calcification measurements from unperturbed water samples. Alex J. Poulton, Chris J. Daniels, William M. Balch, Emilio Maranon, Tim Adey, Bruce C. Bowler, Pedro Cermeno, Anastasia Charalamppopoulou, David W. Crawford, Dave T. Drapeau, Feng Yuanyuan, Ana Fernandez, Emilio Fernandez, Glaucia Mm. Fragoso, Natalia Gonzalez, Lisa M. Graziano, Rachel Heslop, Patrick M. Holligan, Jason Hopkins, Maria Huete-Ortega, David A. Hutchins, Phoebe J. Lam, Michael S. Lipsen, Daffne C. Lopez-Sandoval, Socratis Loucaides, Adrian Marchetti, Kyle M. J. Mayers, Andrew P. Rees, Cristina Sobrino, Eithne Tynan, and Toby Tyrrell https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.888182
Short summary
Calcifying marine algae (coccolithophores) are key to oceanic biogeochemical processes, such as calcium carbonate production and export. We compile a global database of calcium carbonate production from field samples (n = 2756), alongside primary production rates and coccolithophore abundance. Basic statistical analysis highlights global distribution, average surface and integrated rates, patterns with depth and the importance of considering cell-normalised rates as a simple physiological index.
Calcifying marine algae (coccolithophores) are key to oceanic biogeochemical processes, such as...
