The evolution of silicification in diatoms: inescapable sinking and sinking as escape?

By J. Raven, A. Waite. 2004

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Subfields: Biomaterials, Molecular Biology, Paleontology

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Diatom sinkings speeds: Improved predictions and insight from a modified Stokes' law (2010, background): “Understanding how diatoms manipulate sinking speed may be a key to understanding both their abundance and diversity (Raven and Waite 2004) and the global rate of carbon and silicon export to the deep sea (Ragueneau et al. 2000).”
Effects of increased atmospheric CO 2 on small and intermediate sized osmotrophs during a nutrient induced phytoplankton bloom (2007, background): “…by features (e.g. size, silicate scale) making them less vulnerable for grazing (Thingstad, 1998; Hamm, 2000; Hamm et al., 2003) and/or infection (Raven and Waite, 2004), whereas the small osmotrophs25 are thought to out-compete bigger ones when nutrients are low (Kuenen et al., 1977; BGD 4,…”
Effect of Diatom Silica Content on Copepod Grazing, Growth and Reproduction (2016, unknown): “Smetacek (1999), and others (e.g., Raven and Waite, 2004) speculated that thick shells will reduce the number of grazers that are capable of consuming diatoms, but no direct experimental support has been reported so far.”
Thoughts on the evolution and ecological niche of diatoms (2021, background): “Accordingly, one effective means to reduce losses of progeny (or the weakly silicified auxospores; Raven and Waite 2004) following sexual reproduction would be simultaneous triggering for the remaining cells to sink (Karl et al. 2012).”
Environmental controls on coccolithophore calcification (2012, background): “Coccoliths may also be able to focus PAR to the plastids in deeper waters where photosynthesis is PAR-limited (Nanninga & Tyrrell 1996, Raven & Waite 2004).”
Picophytoplankton : Bottom-up and top-down controls on ecology and evolution (2005, unknown): “…of the parasitoid or virus, and the hydrodynamic regime of the upper mixed layer (Lawrence & Suttle 2004, Raven & Waite 2004), while the sinking rate of picophytoplankton is so small as to eliminate this mechanism for removing infected cells (Waite et al. 1997, Raven 1998, Raven & Waite 2004).”
Parasitic chytrids: their effects on phytoplankton communities and food-web dynamics (2007, background): “Siliciumoxide (SiO2), Calcium carbonate (CaCO3), and certain polysaccharides in algal tissues were suggested to restrict the access of parasites, like viruses, amoebae, dinoflagellates and fungi to the host protoplast (Smetacek, 1999; Hamm et al., 2003; Raven & Waite, 2004).”