coccolithophores

The researchers were therefore surprised to discover that foraminiferan tests sampled from the Challenger Deep contained calcareous components, including the dissolved remnants of coccoliths, the calcium carbonate plates of tiny algae called coccolithophores, and planktonic foraminiferan test fragments.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

The researchers were therefore surprised to discover that foraminiferan tests sampled from the Challenger Deep contained calcareous components, including the dissolved remnants of coccoliths, the calcium carbonate plates of tiny algae called coccolithophores, and planktonic foraminiferan test fragments.

innovations-report 2010

The researchers were therefore surprised to discover that foraminiferan tests sampled from the Challenger Deep contained calcareous components, including the dissolved remnants of coccoliths, the calcium carbonate plates of tiny algae called coccolithophores, and planktonic foraminiferan test fragments.

innovations-report 2010

Inspiration for the shape of the sculptures came from microscopic marine organisms called coccolithophores, whose limestone skeletons helped form the distinctive White Cliffs of Dover in the United Kingdom more than 200,000 years ago.

The Bellingham Herald: Sports News 2010

The researchers were therefore surprised to discover that foraminiferan tests sampled from the Challenger Deep contained calcareous components, including the dissolved remnants of coccoliths, the calcium carbonate plates of tiny algae called coccolithophores, and planktonic foraminiferan test fragments.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

Especially bright blue areas may indicate the presence of phytoplankton called coccolithophores, which are coated with calcium-carbonate (chalk) scales that are very reflective.

Livescience.com 2009

This process will not only harm some of our favorite seafood, such as lobster and mussels, but may also injure some species of smaller marine organisms -- including pteropods and coccolithophores -- which are a vital part of the food web.

Wendy Gordon: Below the Radar: Rising Oceanic CO2 Levels Threaten Sea Life 2010

Among the more important groups are the diatoms, coccolithophores, cyanobacteria and dinoflagellates.

Plankton 2008

Pat, Emiliania huxleyi, one of the abundant coccolithophores phytoplankton with a calcite skeleton, may be a good candidate for d13C variation search.

Potential Academic Misconduct by the Euro Team « Climate Audit 2006

“The calcification rates of two bloom-forming coccolithophores, Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica, decreased by 25 and 45%, respectively, when grown at pCO2 concentrations that were three times the preindustrial value.”

Hansen and Schmidt: Predicting the Past? « Climate Audit 2006