Coccolithophores and diatoms resilient to ocean alkalinity enhancement: A glimpse of hope?

JA Gately, SM Kim, B Jin, MA Brzezinski… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
It is increasingly apparent that adequately mitigating anthropogenic climate interference will
require ocean carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies. Ocean alkalinity enhancement …

Echoes of the 2013–2015 marine heat wave in the eastern Bering Sea and consequent biological responses

IM Belkin, JW Short - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
We reviewed various physical and biological manifestations of an unprecedented large-
scale water temperature anomaly that emerged in the Northeast Pacific in late 2013. The …

Multifaceted Contributions of Coccolithophores to Ocean Carbon Export

S Li, J Zhu, X Jin, Y Feng, N Jiao… - Ocean-Land-Atmosphere …, 2024 - spj.science.org
Coccolithophores, a type of unicellular calcifying algae, are widely distributed across the
global ocean. They contribute to the ocean carbon cycle by producing organic and inorganic …

Satellite remote sensing and the marine biodiversity observation network

MT Kavanaugh, T Bell, D Catlett, MA Cimino… - Oceanography, 2021 - JSTOR
Coastal ecosystems are rapidly changing due to human-caused global warming, rising sea
level, changing circulation patterns, sea ice loss, and acidification that in turn alter the …

Adsorptive exchange of coccolith biominerals facilitates viral infection

CT Johns, KG Bondoc-Naumovitz, A Matthews… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Marine coccolithophores are globally distributed, unicellular phytoplankton that produce
nanopatterned, calcite biominerals (coccoliths). These biominerals are synthesized …

Meta-analysis reveals responses of coccolithophores and diatoms to warming

J Wang, C Zeng, Y Feng - Marine Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
A meta-analysis was conducted to explore the effects of warming on the physiological
processes of coccolithophores and diatoms by synthesizing a large number of published …

Diagnosing seasonal to multi-decadal phytoplankton group dynamics in a highly productive coastal ecosystem

D Catlett, DA Siegel, RD Simons, N Guillocheau… - Progress in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Santa Barbara Channel, CA (SBC) is a biodiverse marine ecosystem fueled
largely by phytoplankton productivity, and the composition of the phytoplankton community …

Seasonal variability of upwelling and downwelling surface current patterns in a small coastal embayment

N Trautman, RK Walter - Continental Shelf Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Upwelling in coastal embayments is important to a variety of physical and biological
processes. Despite their ubiquity, circulation patterns in small bays (width and length …

Regulation of a surface chlorophyll hotspot by wind-driven upwelling and eddy circulation in the Santa Barbara Channel, Southern California

RD Simons, D Catlett - Progress in Oceanography, 2023 - Elsevier
While most of the US Pacific coast is dominated by strong wind-driven upwelling in the
spring and regular seasonal cycles of phytoplankton primary production, the Southern …

Physical drivers of surface water retention in the Santa Barbara channel

RJ Brokaw, DA Siegel… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Retention of surface water parcels can benefit coastal ecosystems by increasing the
residence times of nutrient‐rich waters and marine larvae but can also negatively impact …