Remote sensing algorithms for particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) and the global cycle of PIC

WM Balch, C Mitchell - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper begins with a review of the history of remote sensing algorithms for the
determination of particulate inorganic carbon (PIC; aka calcium carbonate), primarily …

Changing hydrographic, biogeochemical, and acidification properties in the Gulf of Maine as measured by the Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series, GNATS …

WM Balch, DT Drapeau, BC Bowler… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series (GNATS) has been run since 1998,
across the Gulf of Maine (GoM), between Maine and Nova Scotia. GNATS goals are to …

Reduced H+ channel activity disrupts pH homeostasis and calcification in coccolithophores at low ocean pH

DM Kottmeier, A Chrachri, G Langer… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Coccolithophores are major producers of ocean biogenic calcite, but this process is
predicted to be negatively affected by future ocean acidification scenarios. Since …

Detection of coccolithophore blooms with BioGeoChemical‐Argo floats

L Terrats, H Claustre, M Cornec… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coccolithophores (calcifying phytoplankton) form extensive blooms in temperate and
subpolar oceans as evidenced from ocean‐color satellites. This study examines the …

Osmotrophy of dissolved organic compounds by coccolithophore populations: Fixation into particulate organic and inorganic carbon

WM Balch, DT Drapeau, N Poulton, SD Archer… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Coccolithophores are typically thought of as photoautotrophs, yet a few genera inhabit sub-
euphotic environments with insufficient light for photosynthesis, suggesting that other carbon …

Organization of planktonic Tintinnina assemblages in the Atlantic Ocean

H Li, GA Tarran, G Dall'Olmo, AP Rees… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Marine plankton have different biogeographical distribution patterns. However, it is not clear
how the entire plankton assemblage is composed of these species with distinct …

Marine microfossils: Tiny archives of ocean changes through deep time

J Sremac, M Bošnjak, KF Firi, A Šimičević… - AIMS …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Microorganisms have inhabited the oceans since the dawn of Earth. Some of them have
organic walls and some produce mineral tests that are usually composed of carbonate …

Osmotrophy of dissolved organic carbon by coccolithophores in darkness

J Godrijan, DT Drapeau, WM Balch - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The evolutionary and ecological story of coccolithophores poses questions about their
heterotrophy, surviving darkness after the end‐Cretaceous asteroid impact as well as …

Radiometric approach for the detection of picophytoplankton assemblages across oceanic fronts

PK Lange, P Jeremy Werdell, ZK Erickson… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Cell abundances of Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus, and autotrophic picoeukaryotes were
estimated in surface waters using principal component analysis (PCA) of hyperspectral and …

Coccolithophores in the algal flora from South Urals (Russia) with the description of a new Hymenomonas species

M Ignatenko, T Yatsenko-Stepanova - Phytotaxa, 2023 - biotaxa.org
This paper focuses on the study of the diversity of coccolithophores in the reservoirs in the
steppe zone of the South Urals (Russia). Four species of coccolithophores were identified in …