The purpose of this LDRD was to generate data that could be used to populate and thereby reduce the uncertainty in global carbon cycle models. These efforts were focused on developing a system for determining the dissolution rate of biogenic calcite under oceanic pressure and temperature conditions and on carrying out a digital transcriptomic analysis of gene expression in response to changes in pCO2, and the consequent acidification of the growth medium.
Fresquez, Philip R. [Los Alamos National Laboratory]. Quantitative laboratory measurements of biogeochemical processes controlling biogenic calcite carbon sequestration.. 2011-01-01.