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Species-specific differential dissolution morphology of selected coccolithophore species: an experimental study
Gerald Langer
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Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, 08193, Spain
Marine Biogeosciences, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Ian Probert
Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Roscoff Culture Collection, FR2424 Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29682 Roscoff, France
Jeremy R. Young
Earth Sciences, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Patrizia Ziveri
Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, 08193, Spain
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology (BABVE), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Coccolithophores are important marine CaCO3 producers and their biominerals, the coccoliths, partly dissolve in the upper water column where dissolution is unexpected. Studying coccolith dissolution in field samples is hampered by a paucity of experimental studies describing dissolution morphologies. Here we fill this gap by experimentally dissolving different coccolithophores and applying our results to field samples.
Coccolithophores are important marine CaCO3 producers and their biominerals, the coccoliths,...
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