Phytoplankton, Calcareous Nanoplankton - The Coccolithophores

Alex J. Poulton

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10810-3

Phytoplankton, Calcareous Nanoplankton - The Coccolithophores

Alex J. Poulton

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Coccolithophores are small unicellular marine algae which form small scales made of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) to adorn their cells, making them key to the production of CaCO3 and its export from the upper ocean to deep-sea sediments. Since their appearance 200 million years ago they have diversified in cell architecture and ecology to an incredible degree, making them key components of both modern and past plankton communities and biogeochemical cycles. As a group, the coccolithophores have weathered previous climatic events, and continue to face challenges in a modern ocean which is rapidly warming and acidifying.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences
Editors	J. Kirk Cochran, Henry J. Bokuniewicz, Patricia L. Yager
Publisher	Elsevier B.V.
Pages	606-612
Number of pages	7
Volume	1
Edition	3rd
ISBN (Print)	9780128130827
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10810-3
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Name	Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences

Keywords

Calcification
Calcium carbonate
Carbon cycle
Coccolith
Coccolithophores
Coccosphere
Light
Mixotrophy
Nitrogen-fixation
Nutrients

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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