An uneven distribution of strontium in the coccolithophore Scyphosphaera apsteinii revealed by nanoscale X-ray fluorescence tomography

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3EM00509G, Paper
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Jessica M. Walker, Hallam J. M. Greene, Yousef Moazzam, Paul D. Quinn, Julia E. Parker, Gerald Langer
Coccolithophores are biogeochemically and ecologically important phytoplankton that produce calcium carbonate scales, or coccoliths. Here, we show that one species of coccolithophore grows coccoliths with uneven distribution of Sr, in contrast to current fractionation model theory.
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