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Coccolithophores

From Molecular Processes to Global Impact

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Hans R. Thierstein

    1. Geological Institute, Zürich, Switzerland

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  2. Jeremy R. Young

    1. Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK

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  • Broad coverage from molecular and cellular biology up to global impact on carbon cycle and climate
  • New developments in coccolithophore biology, ecology, evolution
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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In the past few years rapid progress has been made regarding our understanding of one of the dominant phytoplankton groups of the world's oceans: the coccolithophores. Among other initiatives, the EU-funded TMR network CODENET (Coccolithophores Evolutionary Biodiversity and Ecology Network) has provided new results and insights. These and many other findings are reviewed and synthesized in a number of individual chapters which focus on coccolithophore biology (molecular to cellular), ecology (experimental and in the ocean), evolutionary phylogeny and its impact on current and past global changes. Coccolithophores are emerging as a prime model for interdisciplinary global change research due to their great abundance, wide distribution and exemplary geological record. The results presented in this book address the fundamental question of the interaction between the biota and the environment at various temporal and spatial scales.

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Cell Biology and Biochemistry

    1. What is new in coccolithophore biology?

      • Chantal Billard, Isao Inouye
      Pages 1-29

    2. Calcification in coccolithophores: A cellular perspective

      • Colin Brownlee, Alison Taylor
      Pages 31-49

    3. Pigment diversity of coccolithophores in relation to taxonomy, phylogeny and ecological preferences

      • Kees Van Lenning, Ian Probert, Mikel Latasa, Marta Estrada, Jeremy R. Young
      Pages 51-73

  3. Physiology and bloom studies

    1. Emiliania huxleyi: bloom observations and the conditions that induce them

      • Toby Tyrrell, Agostino Merico
      Pages 75-97

    2. Coccolithophores and the biological pump: responses to environmental changes

      • Björn Rost, Ulf Riebesell
      Pages 99-125

    3. Dimethyl sulfide production: what is the contribution of the coccolithophores?

      • Gill Malin, Michael Steinke
      Pages 127-164

    4. Re-evaluation of the physiological ecology of coccolithophores

      • William M. Balch
      Pages 165-190

    5. Structure and morphogenesis of the coccoliths of the CODENET species

      • Jeremy R. Young, Karen Henriksen, Ian Probert
      Pages 191-216

    6. The Laboratory Culture of Coccolithophores

      • Ian Probert, Aude Houdan
      Pages 217-249

  4. Molecular phylogeny and evolutionary biodiversity

    1. A review of the phylogeny of the Haptophyta

      • Alberto G. Sáez, Ian Probert, Jeremy R. Young, Bente Edvardsen, Wenche Eikrem, Linda K. Medlin
      Pages 251-269

    2. Super-Species in the calcareous plankton

      • Colomban de Vargas, Alberto G. Sáez, Linda K. Medlin, Hans R. Thierstein
      Pages 271-298

    3. Coccolithophorid biodiversity: evidence from the cosmopolitan species Calcidiscus leptoporus

      • Patrick S. Quinn, Alberto G. Sáez, Karl-Heinz Baumann, Blair A. Steel, Claudia Sprengel, Linda K. Medlin
      Pages 299-326

    4. Species level variation in coccolithophores

      • Markus Geisen, Jeremy R. Young, Ian Probert, Alberto G. Sáez, Karl-Heinz Baumann, Claudia Sprengel et al.
      Pages 327-366

    5. Coccolith contribution to South Atlantic carbonate sedimentation

      • Karl-Heinz Baumann, Babette Böckel, Michael Frenz
      Pages 367-402

    6. Biogeography of selected Holocene coccoliths in the Atlantic Ocean

      • Patrizia Ziveri, Karl-Heinz Baumann, Babette Böckel, Jörg Bollmann, Jeremy R. Young
      Pages 403-428

  5. Evolutionary development, fluxes and paleoproxies

    1. Why is the Land Green and the Ocean Red?

      • Paul G. Falkowski, Oscar Schofield, Miriam E. Katz, Bas Van de Schootbrugge, Andrew H. Knoll
      Pages 429-453

    2. Plankton community behavior on ecological and evolutionary time-scales: when models confront evidence

      • Hans R. Thierstein, Mara Y. Cortés, Ali T. Haidar
      Pages 455-479

    3. Calcareous nannoplankton evolution and diversity through time

      • Paul R. Bown, Jackie A. Lees, Jeremy R. Young
      Pages 481-508

    4. Carbonate fluxes and calcareous nannoplankton

      • William W. Hay
      Pages 509-528
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Geological Institute, Zürich, Switzerland

    Hans R. Thierstein

  • Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK

    Jeremy R. Young

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Coccolithophores

  • Book Subtitle: From Molecular Processes to Global Impact

  • Editors: Hans R. Thierstein, Jeremy R. Young

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06278-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-21928-6Published: 07 July 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06016-8Published: 30 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-06278-4Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 565

  • Topics: Paleontology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Climate Change, Oceanography, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology

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