Coccoliths are individual plates or scales of calcium carbonate formed by coccolithophores (single-celled phytoplankton such as Emiliania huxleyi) and...
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studying global climate change because, as ocean acidity increases, their coccoliths may become even more important as a carbon sink. Management strategies...
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phytoplankton covered with uniquely ornamented calcite disks called coccoliths. Individual coccoliths are abundant in marine sediments although complete coccospheres...
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articulate brachiopods, planktonic (free-floating) foraminifera, and coccoliths. High-magnesium calcite skeletal grains are typical of benthic (bottom-dwelling)...
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Global Paleoclimate Indicators (section Coccolith)
selected species of Coccoliths between recent sediments and mid-Wisconsin glacier sediments of the North Atlantic. Concentrations of coccoliths in marine sediments...
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Black arrow: the nitroplast inside B. bigelowii (with coccoliths removed)...
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carbonate deposited by the shells of marine invertebrates, principally coccoliths), found in the upper Cretaceous of Western Europe. The name Cretaceous...
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produce calcite plates termed coccoliths which together cover the entire cell surface forming the coccosphere. The coccoliths are formed using the intracellular...
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cuttlebone gladius Lorica Choanoflagellate lorica Protist shell coccosphere coccolith diatom frustule foraminifera test testate amoebae Seashell echinoderm...
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the critical advantage of EHUX coccoliths is their distinctive and sophisticated asymmetric morphology. EHUX coccoliths are characterised by several hammer-headed...
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tiny (less than 30 microns in diameter) microfossils that are similar to coccoliths deposited by the modern-day coccolithophores. The nannofossils are a convenient...
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cuttlebone gladius Lorica Choanoflagellate lorica Protist shell coccosphere coccolith diatom frustule foraminifera test testate amoebae Seashell echinoderm...
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constituent of the shells of marine organisms, such as plankton (such as coccoliths and planktic foraminifera), the hard parts of red algae, some sponges...
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are cold. Calcium carbonate contributors, including plankton (such as coccoliths and planktic foraminifera), coralline algae, sponges, brachiopods, echinoderms...
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microscopic plates, which are called coccoliths, of microscopic green algae known as coccolithophores. In addition to the coccoliths, the fossil debris includes...
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of central and western parts of the state and which is similar to the coccolith-bearing chalk of the white cliffs of Dover. (The University itself is...
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Moroccan coast was stronger during the LGM compared to today. Though coccolith size increases in Calcidiscus leptoporus suggest stronger trade winds...
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motile, autotrophic phytoplankton that produce CaCO3 plates, known as coccoliths, as part of their life cycle. In the Black Sea, the main period of coccolithophore...
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the marine realm it saw the first appearance among the microplankton of coccoliths and dinoflagellates, with the latter linked to the rapid diversification...
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sea. The sea bottom was covered with white mud formed from fragments of coccoliths, the skeletons of tiny algae that floated in the surface waters and sank...
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dinoflagellates have a theca of cellulose plates, and coccolithophorids have coccoliths. An extracellular matrix (ECM) is also present in metazoans. Its composition...
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cuttlebone gladius Lorica Choanoflagellate lorica Protist shell coccosphere coccolith diatom frustule foraminifera test testate amoebae Seashell echinoderm...
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cuttlebone gladius Lorica Choanoflagellate lorica Protist shell coccosphere coccolith diatom frustule foraminifera test testate amoebae Seashell echinoderm...
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cuttlebone gladius Lorica Choanoflagellate lorica Protist shell coccosphere coccolith diatom frustule foraminifera test testate amoebae Seashell echinoderm...
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can eventually produce opal. Coccolithophores have chalk plates called coccoliths, and produced the Cliffs of Dover. Planktonic algae bloom of coccolithophores...
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Coccolithophores have plates or scales made with calcium carbonate called coccoliths Calcified test of a planktic foraminiferan A diatom microfossil from 40...
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remained unchanged over the past 224 years (1780 to 2004). But the average coccolith mass had increased by 40% during the same period. Warm water corals are...
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Cryptophyta: Mastigoneme Periplast Haptophyte: Coccolith Haptonema...
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cuttlebone gladius Lorica Choanoflagellate lorica Protist shell coccosphere coccolith diatom frustule foraminifera test testate amoebae Seashell echinoderm...
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cuttlebone gladius Lorica Choanoflagellate lorica Protist shell coccosphere coccolith diatom frustule foraminifera test testate amoebae Seashell echinoderm...
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