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Research article
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31 Jul 2017
Research article |
| 31 Jul 2017
Impact of trace metal concentrations on coccolithophore growth and morphology: laboratory simulations of Cretaceous stress
Earth Sciences Department “Ardito Desio”, Università degli
Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Linn Hoffmann
Department of Botany, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Lennart T. Bach
Biological Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Cinzia Bottini
Earth Sciences Department “Ardito Desio”, Università degli
Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Elisabetta Erba
Earth Sciences Department “Ardito Desio”, Università degli
Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Ulf Riebesell
Biological Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Climate and paleoceanography controlled size variations of calcareous nannofossils during the Valanginian Weissert Event (Early Cretaceous) C. Möller et al.
- Enhancing Gephyrocapsa huxleyi growth with recycled calcium from oyster shells G. Pierluigi et al.
- Biscutum constans coccolith size patterns across the mid Cretaceous in the western Tethys: Paleoecological implications C. Bottini & G. Faucher
- Opto‐Electrochemical Dissolution Reveals Coccolith Calcium Carbonate Content M. Yang et al.
- The Toxicity of Copper to Crocosphaera watsonii and Other Marine Phytoplankton: A Systematic Review J. Lopez et al.
- Strain-specific morphological response of the dominant calcifying phytoplankton species Emiliania huxleyi to salinity change C. Gebühr et al.
- Coccolithophore assemblage composition during the Greenland Interstadial–Stadial 20 transition and their response to the Youngest Toba Tuff (YTT) supereruption ∼74,000 years ago in the northeastern Arabian Sea J. Guballa et al.
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- Environmental drivers of size changes in lower Jurassic Schizosphaerella spp L. Peti et al.
- New insights on Late Pliensbachian-Early Toarcian seawater chemistry based on belemnite rostra element content R. Silva et al.
- Size variations and abundance patterns of calcareous nannofossils in mid Barremian black shales of the Boreal Realm (Lower Saxony Basin) L. Wulff et al.
- Paleoenvironment, sequence stratigraphy and source rock potentiality of the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary sediments of Southern Tethys A. Kassem et al.
- Technical note: A comparison of methods for estimating coccolith mass C. Valença et al.
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- Calcareous Nannofossil Size and Abundance Response to the Messinian Salinity Crisis Onset and Paleoenvironmental Dynamics A. Mancini et al.
- Differential responses of Pleurochrysis sp. (Haptophyta) to the effect of copper and light intensity E. Solomonova et al.
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- Analysis of the miscibility of Cd2+ ions in CaCO3 J. Sackey et al.
- Climate and paleoceanography controlled size variations of calcareous nannofossils during the Valanginian Weissert Event (Early Cretaceous) C. Möller et al.
- Enhancing Gephyrocapsa huxleyi growth with recycled calcium from oyster shells G. Pierluigi et al.
- Biscutum constans coccolith size patterns across the mid Cretaceous in the western Tethys: Paleoecological implications C. Bottini & G. Faucher
- Opto‐Electrochemical Dissolution Reveals Coccolith Calcium Carbonate Content M. Yang et al.
- The Toxicity of Copper to Crocosphaera watsonii and Other Marine Phytoplankton: A Systematic Review J. Lopez et al.
- Strain-specific morphological response of the dominant calcifying phytoplankton species Emiliania huxleyi to salinity change C. Gebühr et al.
- Coccolithophore assemblage composition during the Greenland Interstadial–Stadial 20 transition and their response to the Youngest Toba Tuff (YTT) supereruption ∼74,000 years ago in the northeastern Arabian Sea J. Guballa et al.
- High resolution spatial analyses of trace elements in coccoliths reveal new insights into element incorporation in coccolithophore calcite C. Bottini et al.
- A review of mesocosm experiments on heavy metals in marine environment and related issues of emerging concerns K. Sharma et al.
- Opto‐Electrochemical Dissolution Reveals Coccolith Calcium Carbonate Content M. Yang et al.
- Can morphological features of coccolithophores serve as a reliable proxy to reconstruct environmental conditions of the past? G. Faucher et al.
- Environmental drivers of size changes in lower Jurassic Schizosphaerella spp L. Peti et al.
- New insights on Late Pliensbachian-Early Toarcian seawater chemistry based on belemnite rostra element content R. Silva et al.
- Size variations and abundance patterns of calcareous nannofossils in mid Barremian black shales of the Boreal Realm (Lower Saxony Basin) L. Wulff et al.
- Paleoenvironment, sequence stratigraphy and source rock potentiality of the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary sediments of Southern Tethys A. Kassem et al.
- Technical note: A comparison of methods for estimating coccolith mass C. Valença et al.
- Coccolithophore community response to ocean acidification and warming in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: results from a mesocosm experiment B. D’Amario et al.
- Carbon Isotope Fractionation in Noelaerhabdaceae Algae in Culture and a Critical Evaluation of the Alkenone Paleobarometer S. Phelps et al.
- Assessing the contribution of the La Luna Sea to the global sink of organic carbon during the Cenomanian-Turonian Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) M. Paez-Reyes et al.
- Calcareous Nannofossil Size and Abundance Response to the Messinian Salinity Crisis Onset and Paleoenvironmental Dynamics A. Mancini et al.
- Differential responses of Pleurochrysis sp. (Haptophyta) to the effect of copper and light intensity E. Solomonova et al.
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The main goal of this study was to understand if, similarly to the fossil record, high quantities of toxic metals induce coccolith dwarfism in coccolithophore species. We investigated, for the first time, the effects of trace metals on coccolithophore species other than E. huxleyi and on coccolith morphology and size. Our data show a species-specific sensitivity to trace metal concentration, allowing the recognition of the most-, intermediate- and least-tolerant taxa to trace metal enrichments.
The main goal of this study was to understand if, similarly to the fossil record, high...
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