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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3679-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3679-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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30 Sep 2019
Research article |
| 30 Sep 2019
| 30 Sep 2019
Calcification and latitudinal distribution of extant coccolithophores across the Drake Passage during late austral summer 2016
Mariem Saavedra-Pellitero
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 33 04 40,
28334 Bremen, Germany
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Karl-Heinz Baumann
Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 33 04 40,
28334 Bremen, Germany
MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of
Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Miguel Ángel Fuertes
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008
Salamanca, Spain
Hartmut Schulz
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, University of
Tübingen, Hölderlinstr. 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
Yann Marcon
Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 33 04 40,
28334 Bremen, Germany
MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of
Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Nele Manon Vollmar
Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 33 04 40,
28334 Bremen, Germany
José-Abel Flores
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008
Salamanca, Spain
Frank Lamy
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Alten
Hafen 26, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Origin of the long-term increase in coccolith size and its implication for carbon cycle and climate over the past 2 Myr X. Jin et al. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107642
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- Upper-ocean temperature characteristics in the subantarctic southeastern Pacific based on biomarker reconstructions J. Hagemann et al. 10.5194/cp-19-1825-2023
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- Limited variability in the phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi since the pre-industrial era in the Subantarctic Southern Ocean A. Rigual-Hernández et al. 10.1016/j.ancene.2020.100254
- Variations in export production, lithogenic sediment transport and iron fertilization in the Pacific sector of the Drake Passage over the past 400 kyr M. Toyos et al. 10.5194/cp-18-147-2022
- Abundances and morphotypes of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi in southern Patagonia compared to neighbouring oceans and Northern Hemisphere fjords F. Díaz-Rosas et al. 10.5194/bg-18-5465-2021
- Environmental Drivers of Coccolithophore Growth in the Pacific Sector of the Southern Ocean H. Oliver et al. 10.1029/2023GB007751
- Mismatch between coccolithophore-based estimates of particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) concentration and satellite-derived PIC concentration in the Pacific Southern Ocean M. Saavedra-Pellitero et al. 10.5194/bg-22-3143-2025
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- Interannual changes of austral summer coccolithophore assemblages and southward expanse in the Southern Indian Ocean S. Patil et al. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104765
- Origin of the long-term increase in coccolith size and its implication for carbon cycle and climate over the past 2 Myr X. Jin et al. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107642
- Emiliania huxleyi biometry and calcification response to the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean environmental gradients S. Patil et al. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110725
- Coccolithophore Abundance, Degree of Calcification, and Their Contribution to Particulate Inorganic Carbon in the South China Sea X. Jin et al. 10.1029/2021JG006657
- Upper-ocean temperature characteristics in the subantarctic southeastern Pacific based on biomarker reconstructions J. Hagemann et al. 10.5194/cp-19-1825-2023
- Distribution of coccoliths in surface sediments across the Drake Passage and calcification of Emiliania huxleyi morphotypes N. Vollmar et al. 10.5194/bg-19-585-2022
- Biomineralization at fluid interfaces M. Cano & J. Giner-Casares 10.1016/j.cis.2020.102313
- Coccolithophore response to changes in surface water conditions south of Iceland (ODP Site 984) between 130 and 56 ka K. Baumann & N. Vollmar 10.1016/j.marmicro.2022.102149
- Limited variability in the phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi since the pre-industrial era in the Subantarctic Southern Ocean A. Rigual-Hernández et al. 10.1016/j.ancene.2020.100254
- Variations in export production, lithogenic sediment transport and iron fertilization in the Pacific sector of the Drake Passage over the past 400 kyr M. Toyos et al. 10.5194/cp-18-147-2022
- Abundances and morphotypes of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi in southern Patagonia compared to neighbouring oceans and Northern Hemisphere fjords F. Díaz-Rosas et al. 10.5194/bg-18-5465-2021
- Environmental Drivers of Coccolithophore Growth in the Pacific Sector of the Southern Ocean H. Oliver et al. 10.1029/2023GB007751
- Mismatch between coccolithophore-based estimates of particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) concentration and satellite-derived PIC concentration in the Pacific Southern Ocean M. Saavedra-Pellitero et al. 10.5194/bg-22-3143-2025
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Short summary
Open ocean phytoplankton include coccolithophore algae, a key element in carbon cycle regulation with important feedbacks to the climate system. We document latitudinal variability in both coccolithophore assemblage and the mass variation in one particular species, Emiliania huxleyi, for a transect across the Drake Passage (in the Southern Ocean). Coccolithophore abundance, diversity and maximum depth habitat decrease southwards, coinciding with changes in the predominant E. huxleyi morphotypes.
Open ocean phytoplankton include coccolithophore algae, a key element in carbon cycle regulation...
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