Global change -: Silica control of carbon dioxide

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作者
Tréguer, P [1 ]
Pondaven, P [1 ]
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[1] Univ Bretagne Occidentale, Inst Univ Europeen Mer, Technopole Brest Iroise, CNRS,UMR 6539, F-29280 Plouzane, France
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10.1038/35019236
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Nutrients favouring certain types of phytoplankton over others can influence levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. Silica is one such nutrient. The case is now put that a change in its availability accounted for a rise in atmospheric CO2 at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum.
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