Articles | Volume 13, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4843-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4843-2016
Research article
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29 Aug 2016
Research article |  | 29 Aug 2016

Coccolithophore responses to environmental variability in the South China Sea: species composition and calcite content

Xiaobo Jin, Chuanlian Liu, Alex J. Poulton, Minhan Dai, and Xianghui Guo

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (17 May 2016) by Koji Suzuki
AR by Xiaobo Jin on behalf of the Authors (31 May 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (04 Jun 2016) by Koji Suzuki
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (17 Jun 2016)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (24 Jun 2016)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (28 Jun 2016) by Koji Suzuki
AR by Xiaobo Jin on behalf of the Authors (14 Jul 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Jul 2016) by Koji Suzuki
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Jul 2016)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (29 Jul 2016)
ED: Publish as is (01 Aug 2016) by Koji Suzuki
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The vertical structure of the coccolithophore community in the water column was controlled by trophic conditions, which were regulated by mesoscale eddies across the South China Sea basin. Three key species (Emiliania huxleyi, Gephyrocapsa oceanica, Florisphaera profunda) contributed roughly half of the surface ocean coccolith-calcite concentrations. E. huxleyi coccolith length is influenced by light and nutrients through the regulation of growth rates.
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