Atlas of Northwestern Mediterranean Coccolithophores
By L. Cros, J. Fortuño. 2002
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The present Atlas contains a detailed study, based in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations, of living coccolithophores from NW Mediterranean waters. The study contains 103 figures with 411 micrographs, which correspond to 168 coccolithophores (including different taxonomic and morphotypic entities). The figured specimens were collected during different cruises carried out from 1995 to 1999.Classification of the organisms follows modern taxonomy of living calcareous nannoplankton. Measures of the specimens and notes on their taxonomy are given in addition to abridged descriptions of the studied taxa. The atlas contains a large number of previously undescribed forms, specially in the genera Syracosphaera, Papposphaera, Polycrater, Anthosphaera, Corisphaera and Sphaerocalyptra . Several species never illustrated in the literature are presented here for the first time. Coccospheres having coccoliths of different recognized species are presented. These combination coccospheres are nowadays considered as transitional steps between different phases in the cellular life-cycle. An introduction with a brief overview of the actual coccolithophore knowledge and an abridged glossary with figures of the basic terminology are included.
Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Oceanography
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- Holococcolithophore‐heterococcolithophore (Haptophyta) life cycles: Flow cytometric analysis of relative ploidy levels (2004, unknown): “…interpreted as capturing the instant of a life cycle phase change, have been documented in field samples from various locations (Thomsen et al., 1991; Kleijne, 1992; Alcober & Jordan, 1997; Young et al., 1998; Cros et al., 2000; Cortés & Bollmann, 2002; Geisen et al., 2002, Cros & Fortuño, 2002).”
- Coccolithophore ecology in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean: New perspectives from the Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) programme (2017, background): “These taxa include recognised alternate life history phases (HET and HOL), three unnamed species (Young et al., 2003) and a few life history combinations for which two species names are still used (see Cros and Fortuno, 2002).”