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Figure 1. SEM pictures of the most abundant coccolithophores in the NE Atlantic Ocean. A.Top:
Cyclococcolithina leptopora, Centre: Gephyrocapsa 'caribbeallica' and Emiliania huxleyi, Bottom:
Coccolithus pelagicus. (All shown to the same scale. Larger cells are about 25/lm in diameter). B.
E. huxleyi cell from a natural population showing several layers of coccoliths before detachment.
Figure 1. SEM pictures of the most abundant coccolithophores in the NE Atlantic Ocean. A.Top:
Cyclococcolithina leptopora, Centre: Gephyrocapsa 'caribbeallica' and Emiliania huxleyi, Bottom:
Coccolithus pelagicus. (All shown to the same scale. Larger cells are about 25/lm in diameter). B.
E. huxleyi cell from a natural population showing several layers of coccoliths before detachment.