Coccolithophore
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Coccolithophores, or coccolithophorids, are single-celled organisms which are part of the phytoplankton, the autotrophic component of the plankton community. They form a group of a few hundred species
Satellite photograph: The milky blue colour of this phytoplankton bloom in Barents Sea strongly suggests it contains coccolithophores
A coccolithovirus, Emiliania huxleyi virus 86 (arrowed), infecting an Emiliania huxleyi coccolithophore. This giant marine virus has one of the largest known virus genomes.
Evolutionary history of coccolithophores: (A) Coccolithophore species richness over time; (B) The fossil record of major coccolithophore biomineralization innovations and morphogroups.
Particulate inorganic carbon
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Particulate inorganic carbon can be contrasted with dissolved inorganic carbon, the other form of inorganic carbon found in the ocean. These distinctions are important in chemical oceanography. Partic
Particulate inorganic carbon budget for Hudson Bay Black arrows represent DIC produced by PIC dissolution. Grey lines represent terrestrial PIC. Units are Tg C y−1
The alternation of calcite and aragonite seas through geologic time
Aerial view of a whiting event precipitation cloud in Lake Ontario
Emiliania huxleyi