Limacina helicina threatened by ocean acidification
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Key Arctic pelagic mollusc (Limacina helicina) threatened by ocean acidification S. Comeau, G. Gorsky, R. Jeffree, J.-L. Teyssié, and J.-P. Gattuso CNRS-INSU, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, BP 28, 06234 Villefranche-sur-Mer Cedex, France Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer Cedex, France Marine Environmental Laboratories, International Atomic Energy Agency, 4 quai Antoine 1er 98000 Monaco, Principality of Monaco Received: 23 December 2008 – Accepted: 12 January 2009 – Published: 26 February 2009 Correspondence to: S. Comeau, [email protected] Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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