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    Coccolithophores, or coccolithophorids, are single-celled organisms which are part of the phytoplankton, the autotrophic (self-feeding) component of the...
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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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    Braarudosphaera bigelowii is a coastal coccolithophore in the fossil record going back 100 million years. The family Braarudosphaeraceae consist of single-celled...
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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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  • 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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    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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    mitochondria have tubular cristae. The best-known haptophytes are coccolithophores, which make up 673 of the 762 described haptophyte species, and have...
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  • (2009). "Cold stress stimulates intracellular calcification by the coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi (Haptophyceae) under phosphate-deficient conditions"...
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    with two chytrid-like fungal pathogens. Scale bar = 10 µm. Coccolithophores Coccolithophores are minute unicellular photosynthetic protists with two flagella...
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    Emiliania huxleyi is a species of coccolithophore found in almost all ocean ecosystems from the equator to sub-polar regions, and from nutrient rich upwelling...
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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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  • nanometres across. Regular polyhedra appear in biology as well. The coccolithophore Braarudosphaera bigelowii has a regular dodecahedral structure, about...
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    from photosynthesizing bacteria to plant-like algae to armour-plated coccolithophores. Important groups of phytoplankton include the diatoms, cyanobacteria...
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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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    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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    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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    †Dapsilidinium pastielsii. The dinoflagellate †Posoniella tricarinelloides. The coccolithophore Tergestiella adriatica. Moss Pteridophytes Horsetails – Equisetum Lycopods...
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  • dodecahedral cells Braarudosphaera bigelowii – a dodecahedron shaped coccolithophore (a unicellular phytoplankton algae) Pentakis dodecahedron Roman dodecahedron...
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    he swivels to the front as required to match his mood. The fossil coccolithophore Braarudosphaera bigelowii (see figure), a unicellular coastal phytoplanktonic...
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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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    important groups are the diatoms, cyanobacteria, dinoflagellates, and coccolithophores. Zooplankton (from Greek zoon, or animal) are small protozoans or metazoans...
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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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    and Riebesell, U. (2004) "Coccolithophores and the biological pump: responses to environmental changes". In: Coccolithophores: From Molecular Processes...
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    important phototrophs, the coccolithophores synthesise hard calcium carbonate scales. A globally significant species of coccolithophore is Emiliania huxleyi...
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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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    ciliate Stichotricha secunda Coccolithophores named after the BBC documentary series. The Blue Planet The coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi Algae bloom...
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    compensation depth. One of these organisms is Emiliania huxleyi, an abundant coccolithophore algae which may have a role in the formation of clouds. CO2 excess...
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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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    the Aptian (the base of the Albian) is at the first appearance of coccolithophore species Praediscosphaera columnata in the stratigraphic record.[citation...
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