Coccolithophores, or coccolithophorids, are single-celled organisms which are part of the phytoplankton, the autotrophic (self-feeding) component of the...
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(2009). "Cold stress stimulates intracellular calcification by the coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi (Haptophyceae) under phosphate-deficient conditions"...
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Braarudosphaera bigelowii (section Coccolithophore)
Braarudosphaera bigelowii is a coastal coccolithophore in the fossil record going back 100 million years to the Late Cretaceous. The family Braarudosphaeraceae...
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Coccoliths are individual plates or scales of calcium carbonate formed by coccolithophores (single-celled phytoplankton such as Emiliania huxleyi) and cover the...
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Gephyrocapsa huxleyi, formerly called Emiliania huxleyi, is a species of coccolithophore found in almost all ocean ecosystems from the equator to sub-polar...
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spring and Pseudosolenia calcar-avis blooms during the autumn. Coccolithophores Coccolithophores are a type of motile, autotrophic phytoplankton that produce...
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Marine protists (section Coccolithophores)
with two chytrid-like fungal pathogens. Scale bar = 10 μm. Coccolithophores Coccolithophores are minute unicellular photosynthetic protists with two flagella...
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Protist shell (section Coccolithophores)
Coccolithophore shells Many protists have protective shells or tests, usually made from silica (glass) or calcium carbonate (chalk). Protists are a diverse...
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the front as required to match his mood.[citation needed] The fossil coccolithophore Braarudosphaera bigelowii (see figure), a unicellular coastal phytoplanktonic...
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another scientific phenomenon, the "Cheshire Cat" escape strategy. When Coccolithophore – a species of successful ocean algae – is able to resist the haploid...
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dodecahedral cells Braarudosphaera bigelowii – a dodecahedron shaped coccolithophore (a unicellular phytoplankton algae) Pentakis dodecahedron Roman dodecahedron...
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nanometres across. Regular polyhedra appear in biology as well. The coccolithophore Braarudosphaera bigelowii has a regular dodecahedral structure, about...
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cytoplasmic membrane-bound vacuoles. The best-known haptophytes are coccolithophores, which make up 673 of the 762 described haptophyte species, and have...
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organisms in themselves (such as the marine plankters foraminifera and coccolithophores) or component parts (such as small teeth or spores) of larger animals...
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under the sea as the scales or plates of tiny micro-organisms called Coccolithophore. It was the first white pigment used by prehistoric artists in cave...
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False-color scanning electron micrograph of the unicellular coccolithophore Gephyrocapsa oceanica...
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form of the mineral diopside Coccolithophore, a class of phytoplankton (alga) Coccolith, a platelet formed by coccolithophore, found in chalk This disambiguation...
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sulfide is also produced by marine planktonic microorganisms such as the coccolithophores and so is one of the main components responsible for the characteristic...
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semi-precessional timescales. Pleistocene 240 Kya / Indian and Pacific oceans / Coccolithophore in 9 deep sea cores 9 deep cores in the equatorial Indian and Pacific...
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becoming globally distributed in tropical latitudes by the Late Jurassic. Coccolithophores and dinoflagellates, which had first appeared during the Triassic,...
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As the coccolithophores sink to the seafloor they contribute to the vertical carbon dioxide gradient in the water column. Coccolithophores produce calcite...
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A true color SeaWiFS image of a coccolithophore phytoplankton bloom off of Alaska...
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important groups are the diatoms, cyanobacteria, dinoflagellates, and coccolithophores. Zooplankton (from Greek zoon, or animal) are small protozoans or metazoans...
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†Dapsilidinium pastielsii. The dinoflagellate †Posoniella tricarinelloides. The coccolithophore Tergestiella adriatica. Moss Pteridophytes Horsetails – Equisetum Lycopods...
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consists of coccoliths, microscopically small calcite skeletons of coccolithophores, a type of algae that prospered in the Cretaceous seas. Stagnation...
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in the Great Calcite Belt is formed by tiny marine organisms called coccolithophores, which build their shells out of calcium carbonate. When these organisms...
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comprise an important portion of oceanic plankton, and include the coccolithophores, whose calcified scales ('coccoliths') contribute to the formation...
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Marine microorganisms (section Coccolithophores)
and Riebesell, U. (2004) "Coccolithophores and the biological pump: responses to environmental changes". In: Coccolithophores: From Molecular Processes...
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decline in the krill population can have far-reaching effects. During a coccolithophore bloom in the Bering Sea in 1998, for instance, the diatom concentration...
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Heliosphaera and Hexadoridium.[citation needed] Coccolithophores: The diagram on the right shows —> (A) coccolithophore species richness over time combining heterococcoliths...
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