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Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-585-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-585-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
Research article
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02 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 02 Feb 2022

Distribution of coccoliths in surface sediments across the Drake Passage and calcification of Emiliania huxleyi morphotypes

Nele Manon Vollmar, Karl-Heinz Baumann, Mariem Saavedra-Pellitero, and Iván Hernández-Almeida

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We studied recent (sub-)fossil remains of a type of algae (coccolithophores) off southernmost Chile and across the Drake Passage, adding to the scarce knowledge that exists in the Southern Ocean, a rapidly changing environment. We found that those can be used to reconstruct the surface ocean conditions in the north but not in the south. We also found variations in shape in the dominant species Emiliania huxleyi depending on the location, indicating subtle adaptations to environmental conditions.
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