Dataset: Coccolithophore birefringence from polarized microscopy
Deployment: EN616

View Data: For data, See Dataset Metadata Page: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/887863
Principal Investigator: 
William M. Balch (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)
Co-Principal Investigator: 
Stephen D. Archer (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)
David T. Drapeau (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)
Jelena Godrijan (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Dana Stuart Gerlach (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Project: 
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Deployment Synonyms:
 Cocco-Mix
Description

This dataset is part of a larger study with the following goals:

  •  Goal #1: measure the mixotrophic uptake and assimilation of 14C-acetate, 14C-mannitol and 14C-glycerol as a carbon source by natural assemblages of coccolithophores and compare it to their autotrophic uptake and assimilation of DIC. These three organics were chosen due to their high potential for significant osmotrophy by coccolithophores as seen in previous culture studies (Godrijan et al., 2020). The design of these experiments used radiochemical and single cell/flow cytometer methods to distinguish osmotrophy of coccolithophores from that by other naturally-occurring microalgae.
  • Goal #2: test for the fixation of 14C-labeled organics into both POC and PIC fractions in natural populations of coccolithophores, in order to examine the potential role of coccolithophore osmotrophy in the biological carbon pump and alkalinity carbon pump paradigms.
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