@booklet {de_vries_critical_2023,
	title = {A critical trade-off between nitrogen quota and growth allows Coccolithus braarudii life cycle phases{\textquoteright} to exploit varying environment},
	year = {2023},
	publisher = {Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function: Marine},
	type = {preprint},
	abstract = {Coccolithophores have a distinct haplo-diplontic life cycle, which allows them to grow and divide in two different life cycle phases (haploid and diploid). These life cycle phases vary significantly in inorganic carbon content and morphology, and inhabit distinct niches, with haploids generally preferring low-nutrient and high-temperature and -light environments. This niche contrast indicates different physiology of the life cycle phases, which is considered here in the context of a trait trade-off 5 framework, in which a particular set of traits comes with both costs and benefits. However, coccolithophore{\textquoteright}s phase trade-offs are not fully identified, limiting our understanding of the functionality of the coccolithophore life cycle. Here, we investigate the response of the two life cycle phases of the coccolithophore Coccolithus braarudii to key environmental drivers: light, temperature and nutrients, using laboratory experiments. With this data, we identify the main trade-offs of each life cycle phase and use models to test the role of such trade-offs under different environmental conditions.},
	keywords = {RCC1200, RCC1203, RCC3777, RCC3779, RCC6535},
	doi = {10.5194/egusphere-2023-880},
	url = {https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2023/egusphere-2023-880/},
	author = {De Vries, Joost and Monteiro, Fanny and Langer, Gerald and Brownlee, Colin and Wheeler, Glen}
}
@article {ben-joseph_crystallization_2023,
	title = {Crystallization of Coccolith Calcite at Different Life-Cycle Phases Exhibits Distinct Degrees of Cellular Confinement},
	journal = {Small Structures},
	volume = {n/a},
	number = {n/a},
	year = {2023},
	note = {_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/sstr.202200353},
	pages = {2200353},
	abstract = {Coccolithophores are a group of unicellular marine algae that shape global geochemical cycles via the production of calcium carbonate crystals. Interestingly, different life-cycle phases of the same coccolithophore species produce very different calcitic scales, called coccoliths. In the widely studied diploid phase, the crystals have anisotropic and complex morphologies, while haploid cells produce coccoliths consisting solely of calcite crystals with simple rhombohedral morphology. Understanding how these two life-cycle phases control crystallization is a highly sought-after goal, yet, haploid phase crystallization has rarely been studied, and the process by which they form is unknown. Herein, advanced electron microscopy is employed to elucidate the cellular architecture of the calcification process in haploid cells. The results show that in contrast to diploid-phase calcification, the coccolith-forming vesicle of haploid-phase cells is voluminous. In this solution-like environment, the crystals nucleate and grow asynchronously in a process that resembles calcite growth in bulk solution, leading to the simple morphologies of the crystals. The two distinct mineralization regimes of coccolithophore life-cycle phases suggest that cellular architecture, and specifically confinement of the crystallization process, is a pivotal determinant of biomineral morphology and assembly.},
	keywords = {biomineralization, calcites, Coccoliths, crystal growths, haploid{\textendash}diploid life cycles, RCC1181, RCC3777},
	issn = {2688-4062},
	doi = {10.1002/sstr.202200353},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/sstr.202200353},
	author = {Ben-Joseph, Oz and de Haan, Diede and Rechav, Katya and Shimoni, Eyal and Levin-Zaidman, Smadar and Langer, Gerald and Probert, Ian and Wheeler, Glen L. and Gal, Assaf}
}
@article {Langer2011a,
	title = {CO2 mediation of adverse effects of seawater acidification in Calcidiscus leptoporus},
	journal = {Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems},
	volume = {12},
	number = {5},
	year = {2011},
	note = {ISBN: 1525-2027 tex.mendeley-tags: 2011,RCC1135,rcc},
	pages = {1{\textendash}8},
	abstract = {The coccolithophore Calcidiscus leptoporus (strain RCC1135) was grown in dilute batch culture at CO2 levels ranging from \~200 to \~1600 matm. Increasing CO2 concentration led to an increased percentage of malformed coccoliths and eventually (at \~1500 matm CO2) to aggregation of cells. Carbonate chemistry of natural seawater was manipulated in three ways: first, addition of acid; second, addition of a HCO3 -/CO3 2- solution; and third, addition of both acid and HCO3 -/CO32- solution. The data set allowed the disentangling of putative effects of the different parameters of the carbonate system. It is concluded that CO2 is the parameter of the carbonate system which causes both aberrant coccolithogenesis and aggregation of cells.},
	keywords = {2011, Calcification, coccolithophores, morphology, ocean acidification., rcc, RCC1135},
	issn = {1525-2027},
	doi = {10.1029/2010GC003393},
	url = {http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2011/2010GC003393.shtml},
	author = {Langer, Gerald and Bode, Maya}
}
