Modeling the onset of photosynthesis after the Chicxulub asteroid impact

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dc.contributor.authorPérez Díaz, Noel
dc.contributor.authorCárdenas Ortiz, Rolando Pedro
dc.contributor.authorMartín González, Osmel
dc.contributor.authorRojas Consuegra, Reinaldo
dc.contributor.departmentUniversidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Departamento de Físicaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMuseo Nacional de Historia Natural, La Habana, Cubaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialNetherlandsen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-30T20:40:27Z
dc.date.available2018-11-30T20:40:27Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractWe do a preliminary modelling of the photosynthetic rates of phytoplankton at the very beginning of the Paleogene, just after the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid, which decisively contributed to the last known mass extinction of the Phanerozoic eon. We assume the worst possible scenario from the photobiological point of view: an already clear atmosphere with no ozone, as the timescale for soot and dust settling (years) is smaller than that of the full ozone regeneration (decades). Even in these conditions we show that most phytoplankton species would have had reasonable potential for photosynthesis in all the three main optical ocean water types. This modelling could help explain why the recovery of phytoplankton was relatively rapid after the huge environmental stress of that asteroid impact. In a more general scope, it also reminds us of the great resilience of the unicellular biosphere against huge environmental perturbations.en_US
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dc.identifier.doiDOI 10.1007/s10509-012-1256-6en_US
dc.identifier.issn1572-946Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.uclv.edu.cu/handle/123456789/10451
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.journalAstrophysics and Space Scienceen_US
dc.rightsDerechos: Este documento es Propiedad Patrimonial de Springer Netherlands y se deposita en este Repositorio solo con fines académicos y exclusivamente para usuarios de la UCLV hasta tanto sea liberado por la revista Astrophysics and Space Science, respetando la legislación vigente en Cuba sobre derecho de Autor y la política de acceso de la mencionada publicación periódica.en_US
dc.rights.holderSpringer Netherlandsen_US
dc.source.endpage10en_US
dc.source.initialpage7en_US
dc.source.issue1en_US
dc.source.volume343en_US
dc.subjectAsteroiden_US
dc.subjectImpacten_US
dc.subjectPhotosynthesisen_US
dc.subject.otherEarth and Planetary Astrophysicsen_US
dc.subject.otherAtmospheric and Oceanic Physicsen_US
dc.subject.otherGeophysicsen_US
dc.titleModeling the onset of photosynthesis after the Chicxulub asteroid impacten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.type.article1en_US

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