Earth System Science Data (Oct 2018)
A global compilation of coccolithophore calcification rates
- C. J. Daniels,
- A. J. Poulton,
- A. J. Poulton,
- W. M. Balch,
- E. Marañón,
- T. Adey,
- B. C. Bowler,
- P. Cermeño,
- A. Charalampopoulou,
- D. W. Crawford,
- D. W. Crawford,
- D. Drapeau,
- Y. Feng,
- A. Fernández,
- E. Fernández,
- G. M. Fragoso,
- N. González,
- L. M. Graziano,
- R. Heslop,
- P. M. Holligan,
- J. Hopkins,
- M. Huete-Ortega,
- D. A. Hutchins,
- P. J. Lam,
- M. S. Lipsen,
- D. C. López-Sandoval,
- S. Loucaides,
- S. Loucaides,
- A. Marchetti,
- K. M. J. Mayers,
- A. P. Rees,
- C. Sobrino,
- E. Tynan,
- T. Tyrrell
Affiliations
- C. J. Daniels
- National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
- A. J. Poulton
- National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
- A. J. Poulton
- The Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Sciences and Technology, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
- W. M. Balch
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544, Maine, USA
- E. Marañón
- Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Universidad de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
- T. Adey
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
- B. C. Bowler
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544, Maine, USA
- P. Cermeño
- Instituto de Cièncias del Mar, CSIC, E08003 Barcelona, Spain
- A. Charalampopoulou
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
- D. W. Crawford
- Climate Chemistry Laboratory, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2 Canada
- D. W. Crawford
- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2YA, Canada
- D. Drapeau
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544, Maine, USA
- Y. Feng
- Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin Shi, 300457, China
- A. Fernández
- Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Universidad de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
- E. Fernández
- Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Universidad de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
- G. M. Fragoso
- Trondhjem Biological Station, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
- N. González
- Biodiversity and Conservation Area, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933 Madrid, Spain
- L. M. Graziano
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544, Maine, USA
- R. Heslop
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
- P. M. Holligan
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
- J. Hopkins
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME 04544, Maine, USA
- M. Huete-Ortega
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EA, UK
- D. A. Hutchins
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- P. J. Lam
- Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, CA 95064, USA
- M. S. Lipsen
- Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
- D. C. López-Sandoval
- Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
- S. Loucaides
- National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
- S. Loucaides
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
- A. Marchetti
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, NC 27599, USA
- K. M. J. Mayers
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
- A. P. Rees
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, West Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UK
- C. Sobrino
- Departamento de Ecología y Biología Animal, Universidad de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
- E. Tynan
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
- T. Tyrrell
- Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1859-2018
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10
pp. 1859 – 1876
Abstract
The biological production of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), a process termed calcification, is a key term in the marine carbon cycle. A major planktonic group responsible for such pelagic CaCO3 production (CP) is the coccolithophores, single-celled haptophytes that inhabit the euphotic zone of the ocean. Satellite-based estimates of areal CP are limited to surface waters and open-ocean areas, with current algorithms utilising the unique optical properties of the cosmopolitan bloom-forming species Emiliania huxleyi, whereas little understanding of deep-water ecology, optical properties or environmental responses by species other than E. huxleyi is currently available to parameterise algorithms or models. To aid future areal estimations and validate future modelling efforts we have constructed a database of 2765 CP measurements, the majority of which were measured using 12 to 24 h incorporation of radioactive carbon (14C) into acid-labile inorganic carbon (CaCO3). We present data collated from over 30 studies covering the period from 1991 to 2015, sampling the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Southern oceans. Globally, CP in surface waters ( < 20 m) ranged from 0.01 to 8398 µmol C m−3 d−1 (with a geometric mean of 16.1 µmol C m−3 d−1). An integral value for the upper euphotic zone (herein surface to the depth of 1 % surface irradiance) ranged from < 0.1 to 6 mmol C m−2 d−1 (geometric mean 1.19 mmol C m−2 d−1). The full database is available for download from PANGAEA at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.888182.
