Publication Date:
2023-11-25
Description:
Coccolithophores are globally important marine calcifying phytoplankton. They contribute to the organic carbon pump through the primary production and the ballast of organic matter, and to the carbonate pump through the production of calcium carbonate. Here we compiled all available scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coccolithophore abundance observations. Taxa were standardized following NannoTax3 to a species level where possible. Subspecies (e.a. C. leptoporus subsp. leptoporus and C. leptoporus subsp. quadriperforatus) were grouped as single species. The database contains 2556 abundance observations from 35 different publications. The data span the period of 1993-2017, with observations from all ocean basins and all seasons, and at depths ranging from the surface to 5000 m. We limited our compilation to SEM observations (or observations which further identified samples with SEM) because SEM provides greater detail of coccolithophore diversity than more commonly used polarized light microscopy. Although this limits the number of observations, this allows for a more in-depth analysis of coccolithophore ecology, such as the ecological significance of the coccolithophore life cycle.
Keywords:
Acanthoica acanthifera; Acanthoica acanthos; Acanthoica biscayensis; Acanthoica maxima; Acanthoica quattrospina; Acanthoica spp.; Algirosphaera cucullata; Algirosphaera robusta; Algirosphaera spp.; Alisphaera capulata; Alisphaera extenta; Alisphaera gaudii; Alisphaera ordinata; Alisphaera pinnigera; Alisphaera quadrilatera; Alisphaera spp.; Alisphaera unicornis; Anthosphaera lafourcadii; Anthosphaera periperforata; Anthosphaera spp.; Balaniger virgulosa; Braarudosphaera bigelowii; Calcidiscus leptoporus; Calcidiscus spp.; Calciopappus caudatus; Calciopappus spp.; Calciosolenia brasiliensis; Calciosoleniaceae spp.; Calciosolenia murrayi; Calciosolenia spp.; Calicasphaera blokii; Calicasphaera concava; Calicasphaera diconstricta; Calyptrolithina multipora; Calyptrosphaera cialdii; Calyptrosphaera dentata; Calyptrosphaera heimdalae; Calyptrosphaera sphaeroidea; Canistrolithus spp.; Canistrolithus valliformis; Ceratolithus cristatus; Ceratolithus spp.; Chrysotila carterae; Chrysotila roscoffensis; Coccoliths, other; Coccolithus pelagicus; Corisphaera gracilis; Corisphaera spp.; Corisphaera tyrrheniensis; Coronosphaera maxima; Coronosphaera mediterranea; Coronosphaera spp.; Cyrtosphaera aculeata; Cyrtosphaera cidaris; Cyrtosphaera spp.; DATE/TIME; DEPTH, water; Discosphaera tubifera; Emiliania huxleyi; Ericiolus sp.; Florisphaera profunda; Flosculosphaera calceolariopsis; Formonsella pyramidosa; Gephyrocapsa ericsonii; Gephyrocapsa muellerae; Gephyrocapsa oceanica; Gephyrocapsa ornata; Gephyrocapsa spp.; Gladiolithus flabellatus; Gliscolithus amitakareniae; Hayaster perplexus; Helicosphaera carteri; Helicosphaera cornifera; Helicosphaera hyalina; Helicosphaera pavimentum; Helicosphaera spp.; Helicosphaera wallichii; Helladosphaera cornifera; Helladosphaera pienaarii; Helladosphaera vavilovii; Heterococcolithophores; Holococcolithophora kastriensis; Holococcolithophore spp.; Homozygosphaera spinosa; Homozygosphaera spp.; Homozygosphaera triarcha; Homozygosphaera vercelli; Hughesius youngii; Hymenomonas lacuna; Hymenomonas roseola; Hymenomonas spp.; Jomonlithus spp.; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Michaelsarsia adriaticus; Michaelsarsia elegans; Michaelsarsia spp.; Ochrosphaera neapolitana; Oolithotus antillarum; Oolithotus fragilis; Oolithotus spp.; Ophiaster formosus; Ophiaster hydroideus; Ophiaster minimus; Ophiaster reductus; Ophiaster spp.; Palusphaera sp.; Palusphaera spp.; Palusphaera vandelii; Pappomonas borealis; Pappomonas flabellifera; Pappomonas sp.; Pappomonas spp.; Papposphaera arctica; Papposphaera lepida; Papposphaera sagittifera; Papposphaera sp.; Papposphaera spp.; Papposphaera thomsenii; Picarola margalefii; Placorhombus ziveriae; Polycrater sp.; Polycrater spp.; Pontosphaera discopora; Pontosphaera japonica; Pontosphaera multipora; Pontosphaera spp.; Pontosphaera syracusana; Poricalyptra aurisinae; Poricalyptra isselii; Poricalyptra magnaghii; Poritectolithus maximus; Poritectolithus poritectum; Pseudowigwamma scenozonion; Reference/source; Reticulofenestra parvula; Reticulofenestra sessilis; Reticulofenestra spp.; Rhabdosphaera clavigera; Rhabdosphaera spp.; Rhabdosphaera xiphos; Sample method; Scyphosphaera apsteinii; Scyphosphaera spp.; see sample method; Solisphaera helianthiformis; Solisphaera spp.; Sphaerocalyptra adenensis; Sphaerocalyptra dermitzakii; Sphaerocalyptra quadridentata; Sphaerocalyptra sp.; Sphaerocalyptra spp.; Syracolithus bicorium; Syracolithus quadriperforatus; Syracolithus schilleri; Syracolithus sp.; Syracolithus spp.; Syracosphaera amoena; Syracosphaera ampliora; Syracosphaera anthos; Syracosphaera arethusae; Syracosphaera bannockii; Syracosphaera borealis; Syracosphaera castellata; Syracosphaera corolla; Syracosphaera delicata; Syracosphaera dilatata; Syracosphaera epigrosa; Syracosphaera exigua; Syracosphaera florida; Syracosphaera gaarderae; Syracosphaera halldalii; Syracosphaera hastata; Syracosphaera histrica; Syracosphaera lamina; Syracosphaera leptolepis; Syracosphaera marginiporata; Syracosphaera molischii; Syracosphaera nana; Syracosphaera nodosa; Syracosphaera noroitica; Syracosphaera orbiculus; Syracosphaera ossa; Syracosphaera prolongata; Syracosphaera protrudens; Syracosphaera pulchra; Syracosphaera reniformis; Syracosphaera rotula; Syracosphaera sp.; Syracosphaera spp.; Syracosphaera squamosa; Syracosphaera strigilis; Syracosphaera tumularis; Tergestiella adriatica; Tetralithoides quadrilaminata; Turrilithus latericioides; Turrisphaera spp.; Umbellosphaera irregularis; Umbellosphaera spp.; Umbellosphaera tenuis; Umbilicosphaera anulus; Umbilicosphaera foliosa; Umbilicosphaera hulburtiana; Umbilicosphaera sibogae; Umbilicosphaera spp.; Wigwamma antarctica; Wigwamma spp.; Wigwamma triradiata; Zygosphaera amoena; Zygosphaera marsilii
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 685008 data points
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