Pelagic calcium carbonate production and shallow dissolution in the North Pacific Ocean

Patrizia Ziveri; William Robert Gray; Griselda Anglada-Ortiz; Clara Manno; Michael Grelaud; Alessandro Incarbona; James William Buchanan Rae; Adam V. Subhas; Sven Pallacks; Angelicque White; Jess F. Adkins; William Berelson

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36177-w

Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Pelagic calcium carbonate production and shallow dissolution in the North Pacific Ocean

Patrizia Ziveri,
William Robert Gray,
Griselda Anglada-Ortiz,
Clara Manno,
Michael Grelaud,
Alessandro Incarbona,
James William Buchanan Rae,
Adam V. Subhas,
Sven Pallacks,
Angelicque White,
Jess F. Adkins,
William Berelson

Affiliations

Patrizia Ziveri: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology
William Robert Gray: Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE/IPSL), Université Paris-Saclay
Griselda Anglada-Ortiz: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology
Clara Manno: British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environmental Research Council
Michael Grelaud: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology
Alessandro Incarbona: Università di Palermo, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare
James William Buchanan Rae: University of St Andrews, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Adam V. Subhas: Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Sven Pallacks: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology
Angelicque White: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Jess F. Adkins: Department of Geology and Planetary Sciences, Linde Center for Global Environmental Science, California Institute of Technology
William Berelson: University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36177-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Ziveri et al find calcifying phytoplankton dominate pelagic CaCO3 production, but a large portion of this CaCO3 dissolves in the photic zone - they suggest the processes driving shallow CaCO3 dissolution are key to understanding the role of planktonic calcifiers in regulating atmospheric CO2.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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