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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1007-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1007-2020
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Research article
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09 Jun 2020
Research article |
| 09 Jun 2020
| 09 Jun 2020
Can morphological features of coccolithophores serve as a reliable proxy to reconstruct environmental conditions of the past?
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “Ardito Desio”, Università
degli Studi di Milano, Milan 20133, Italy
Ulf Riebesell
Biological Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Kiel, Kiel 24105, Germany
Lennart Thomas Bach
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania,
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Influence of the Calcium Carbonate Shell of Coccolithophores on Ingestion and Growth of a Dinoflagellate Predator M. Haunost et al. 10.3389/fmars.2021.664269
- Reduced H+channel activity disrupts pH homeostasis and calcification in coccolithophores at low ocean pH D. Kottmeier et al. 10.1073/pnas.2118009119
- Schizosphaerella size and abundance variations across the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the Sogno Core (Lombardy Basin, Southern Alps) G. Faucher et al. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.110969
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- Short-term response of Emiliania huxleyi growth and morphology to abrupt salinity stress R. Sheward et al. 10.5194/bg-21-3121-2024
- Biscutum constans coccolith size patterns across the mid Cretaceous in the western Tethys: Paleoecological implications C. Bottini & G. Faucher 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109852
- Unravelling changes in the productivity regime during the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Biogenic Bloom: Insights from the western equatorial Pacific (IODP Site U1488) M. Gastaldello et al. 10.1016/j.marmicro.2024.102395
- Strain-specific morphological response of the dominant calcifying phytoplankton species Emiliania huxleyi to salinity change C. Gebühr et al. 10.1371/journal.pone.0246745
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- Malformation in coccolithophores in low pH waters: evidences from the eastern Arabian Sea S. Shetye et al. 10.1007/s11356-023-25249-5
- Growth response of Emiliania huxleyi to ocean alkalinity enhancement G. Faucher et al. 10.5194/bg-22-405-2025
- Cellular morphological trait dataset for extant coccolithophores from the Atlantic Ocean R. Sheward et al. 10.1038/s41597-024-03544-1
- Inferred nutrient forcing on the late middle Eocene to early Oligocene (~40–31 Ma) evolution of the coccolithophore Reticulofenestra (order Isochrysidales) R. Ma et al. 10.1017/pab.2023.20
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Short summary
We designed five experiments choosing different coccolithophore species that have been evolutionarily distinct for millions of years. If all species showed the same morphological response to an environmental driver, this could be indicative of a response pattern that is conserved over geological timescales. We found an increase in the percentage of malformed coccoliths under altered CO2, providing evidence that this response could be used as paleo-proxy for episodes of acute CO2 perturbations.
We designed five experiments choosing different coccolithophore species that have been...
