Coccolithophores and foraminifera form biogenous material in a substance named for this adjective. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify this adjective that names a type of “ooze” containing calcium carbonate. That ooze named with this adjective forms with relatively deeper carbonate compensation depths in comparison to a counterpart ooze.
ANSWER: calcareous
[10e] Calcareous organisms are increasingly vulnerable to dissolution due to this ongoing process, in which the pH of the Earth’s ocean is declining.
ANSWER: ocean acidification
[10m] This process can be accelerated when the proliferation of bacteria leads to the downfall of calcareous plankton. This process is also responsible for algal blooms.
ANSWER: eutrophication
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