Coccolithophores, or coccolithophorids, are single-celled organisms which are part of the phytoplankton, the autotrophic (self-feeding) component of the...

Braarudosphaera bigelowii is a coastal coccolithophore in the fossil record going back 100 million years to the Late Cretaceous. The family Braarudosphaeraceae...

Gephyrocapsa huxleyi, formerly called Emiliania huxleyi, is a species of coccolithophore found in almost all ocean ecosystems from the equator to sub-polar...

Coccoliths are individual plates or scales of calcium carbonate formed by coccolithophores (single-celled phytoplankton such as Emiliania huxleyi) and cover the...

(2009). "Cold stress stimulates intracellular calcification by the coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi (Haptophyceae) under phosphate-deficient conditions"...

spring and Pseudosolenia calcar-avis blooms during the autumn. Coccolithophores Coccolithophores are a type of motile, autotrophic phytoplankton that produce...

with two chytrid-like fungal pathogens. Scale bar = 10 μm. Coccolithophores Coccolithophores are minute unicellular photosynthetic protists with two flagella...

Coccolithophore shells Many protists have protective shells or tests, usually made from silica (glass) or calcium carbonate (chalk). Protists are a diverse...

dodecahedral cells Braarudosphaera bigelowii – a dodecahedron shaped coccolithophore (a unicellular phytoplankton algae) Pentakis dodecahedron Roman dodecahedron...

the front as required to match his mood.[citation needed] The fossil coccolithophore Braarudosphaera bigelowii (see figure), a unicellular coastal phytoplanktonic...

another scientific phenomenon, the "Cheshire Cat" escape strategy. When Coccolithophore – a species of successful ocean algae – is able to resist the haploid...

nanometres across. Regular polyhedra appear in biology as well. The coccolithophore Braarudosphaera bigelowii has a regular dodecahedral structure, about...

cytoplasmic membrane-bound vacuoles. The best-known haptophytes are coccolithophores, which make up 673 of the 762 described haptophyte species, and have...

organisms in themselves (such as the marine plankters foraminifera and coccolithophores) or component parts (such as small teeth or spores) of larger animals...

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...

False-color scanning electron micrograph of the unicellular coccolithophore Gephyrocapsa oceanica...

form of the mineral diopside Coccolithophore, a class of phytoplankton (alga) Coccolith, a platelet formed by coccolithophore, found in chalk This disambiguation...

important groups are the diatoms, cyanobacteria, dinoflagellates, and coccolithophores. Zooplankton (from Greek zoon, or animal) are small protozoans or metazoans...

sulfide is also produced by marine planktonic microorganisms such as the coccolithophores and so is one of the main components responsible for the characteristic...

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...

becoming globally distributed in tropical latitudes by the Late Jurassic. Coccolithophores and dinoflagellates, which had first appeared during the Triassic,...

A true color SeaWiFS image of a coccolithophore phytoplankton bloom off of Alaska...

consists of coccoliths, microscopically small calcite skeletons of coccolithophores, a type of algae that prospered in the Cretaceous seas. Stagnation...

and Riebesell, U. (2004) "Coccolithophores and the biological pump: responses to environmental changes". In: Coccolithophores: From Molecular Processes...

As the coccolithophores sink to the seafloor they contribute to the vertical carbon dioxide gradient in the water column. Coccolithophores produce calcite...

†Dapsilidinium pastielsii. The dinoflagellate †Posoniella tricarinelloides. The coccolithophore Tergestiella adriatica. Moss Pteridophytes Horsetails – Equisetum Lycopods...

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...

Thalassiosira weissflogii. One study used cyanobacteria, diatoms, coccolithophores, and dinoflagellates. This study showed that cyanobacteria was the...

Phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea. The milky-blue colour that dominates the bloom suggests that it contains large numbers of coccolithophores....

microscopic algae and protozoans; in this case the coccolithophores and foraminiferans. Coccolithophores are single-celled planktonic algae about 100 times...