A descriptive model of calcification in the coralline red algae is integral to understanding their contributions to marine geochemistry, the responses of seascapes to global change, and their own evolution and ecology. Yet, the development of a holistic model of this process has so far been limited by the intrinsic challenge of assembling multiple lines of experimental and observational evidence from varied disciplines. To resolve this synthetic gap, we integrated ultrastructural, geochemical, biochemical and physiological data against a backdrop of anatomy and morphogenesis, which provide context for the localized process at play within the algal thallus. This synthesis represents a comprehensive description of calcification in the coralline red algae.
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Title
Calcification in the coralline red algae: a synthesis
Authors/Creators
Sophie J. McCoy - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Curt M. Pueschel - Binghamton University
Christopher E. Cornwall - Victoria University of Wellington
Steeve Comeau - Sorbonne Université
Sven A. Kranz - Rice University
Nathan B. Spindel - Florida State University
Michael A. Borowitzka - Algae R&D Centre, Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia
Publication Details
Phycologia (Oxford), Vol.62(6), pp.648-666
Publisher
Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.