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Definition of Coccolith

Coccolith
Coccolith Coc"co*lith, n. [Gr. ? a grain, seed + -lith.] (Biol.) One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud.

Meaning of Coccolith from wikipedia

- Coccoliths are individual plates or scales of calcium carbonate formed by coccolithop****s (single-celled phytoplankton such as Emiliania huxleyi) and...
- studying global climate change because, as ocean acidity increases, their coccoliths may become even more important as a carbon sink. Management strategies...
- articulate brachiopods, planktonic (free-floating) foraminifera, and coccoliths. High-magnesium calcite skeletal grains are typical of benthic (bottom-dwelling)...
- the marine realm it saw the first appearance among the microplankton of coccoliths and dinoflagellates, with the latter linked to the rapid diversification...
- phytoplankton covered with uniquely ornamented calcite disks called coccoliths. Individual coccoliths are abundant in marine sediments although complete coccospheres...
- selected species of Coccoliths between recent sediments and mid-Wisconsin glacier sediments of the North Atlantic. Concentrations of coccoliths in marine sediments...
- produce calcite plates termed coccoliths which together cover the entire cell surface forming the coccosphere. The coccoliths are formed using the intracellular...
- the critical advantage of EHUX coccoliths is their distinctive and sophisticated asymmetric morphology. EHUX coccoliths are characterised by several hammer-headed...
- carbonate deposited by the s**** of marine invertebrates, prin****lly coccoliths), found in the upper Cretaceous of Western Europe. The name Cretaceous...
- tiny (less than 30 microns in diameter) microfossils that are similar to coccoliths deposited by the modern-day coccolithop****s. The nannofossils are a convenient...