The effect of salinity on the biogeochemistry of the coccolithophores with implications for coccolith-based isotopic proxies

Hermoso, Michaël; Lecasble, Marceau

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6761-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6761-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6761-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 22

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14 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 14 Nov 2018

The effect of salinity on the biogeochemistry of the coccolithophores with implications for coccolith-based isotopic proxies

Michaël Hermoso and Marceau Lecasble

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RC1: 'review for Hermoso and Lecasble', Lennart de Nooijer, 16 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Responses to Reviewer 1', Michaël Hermoso, 29 Oct 2018
RC2: 'Reviewer's comments: The effect of salinity on the biogeochemistry of the coccolithophores with implications for coccolith-based isotopic proxies', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Oct 2018
- AC2: 'Responses to Reviewer 2', Michaël Hermoso, 30 Oct 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Oct 2018) by Markus Kienast

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This work examines the effect of salinity changes on the biogeochemistry of the coccolithophores with a palaeoproxy perspective. Although substantial changes in growth rate are observed between cells grown under various salinities, these physiological changes have no significant impact on the oxygen isotope composition of their biominerals. Thus, established coccolith δ¹⁸O / temperature calibrations are not complicated by salinity. By contrast, it does influence coccolith δ¹³C values.