Understanding and predicting coccolithophorid calcification in a changing ocean

My project builds on previous work to derive a new biologically based model to describe the response of coccolithophorid growth, photosynthesis and calcification to changing carbonate chemistry (pCO₂), which, also accounts for the effects of temperature and light. This model, was used to increase understanding of the interacting effects of light, temperature and CO₂ on the two key coccolithophores Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica. I also examined how changing light and pCO₂ influenced the large coccolithophore Scyphosphaera apsteinii through both experiments and the application of the above model.