Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

A coastal coccolithophore maintains pH homeostasis and switches carbon sources in response to ocean acidification

  • Yi-Wei Liu,
  • Robert A. Eagle,
  • Sarah M. Aciego,
  • Rosaleen E. Gilmore,
  • Justin B. Ries

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04463-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Calcifying species have diverse responses to ocean acidification, but the underlying mechanisms are not well-constrained. Here, Liu et al. show that O. neapolitana maintains its calcification site pH and utilizes more CO2 compared to HCO3 − to support its growth under high-CO2 conditions.