Sentences with phrase «with coccolith»

Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of the three main groups of large phytoplankton — diatoms, dinoflagellates, and coccolithophorids (those with coccolith shells)-- show that they can be arrestingly beautiful.

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Coccolithophores are a particular group that cover themselves with calcium carbonate shields, known as coccoliths.

«Field evidence from the deep ocean is consistent with these laboratory conclusions, indicating that over the past 220 years there has been a 40 - percent increase in average coccolith mass.

OA affects photosynthesis and calcification of marine organisms such as coccolithophores [3 — 5], unicellular microalgae that surround themselves with scales of calcium carbonate (coccoliths).