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La respuesta del umbral del Mioceno tardío de las algas marinas a la limitación del dióxido de carbono
Clara T Bolton1, Heather M Stoll
1Geology Department, University of Oviedo, Jesus Arias de Velasco S/N, 33005, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. cbolton@geol.uniovi.es
Nature
|August 30, 2013
Resumen
Las algas marinas llamadas cocolitóforos se adaptaron a reducir el dióxido de carbono al cambiar la forma en que adquieren carbono. Esto condujo a distintos isótopos de carbono en placas fósiles, que aparecieron hace 7-5 millones de años.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Paleoclimatología Paleoclimatología
- Biología Marina Biología Marina.
- Biogeoquímica La biogeoquímica es la bioquímica.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los coccolitóforos son algas marinas cruciales para el ciclo del carbono, que utilizan el carbono para la calcificación y la fotosíntesis.
- Los cocolitóforos modernos exhiben mecanismos mejorados de captación de dióxido de carbono, desarrollados a lo largo del tiempo evolutivo en respuesta a la disminución del CO2 atmosférico.
- Sus placas de calcita (cocolitos) conservan isótopos estables de carbono y oxígeno, registrando el transporte celular de carbono y las estrategias de adquisición.
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