An uneven distribution of strontium in the coccolithophore Scyphosphaera apsteinii revealed by nanoscale X-ray fluorescence tomography

Author:

Walker Jessica M.1ORCID,Greene Hallam J. M.12ORCID,Moazzam Yousef1,Quinn Paul D.1,Parker Julia E.1ORCID,Langer Gerald3ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, UK

2. Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Dainton Building, Brook Hill, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK

3. Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain

Abstract

Coccolithophores are biogeochemically and ecologically important phytoplankton that produce calcium carbonate scales, or coccoliths. Here, we show that one species of coccolithophore grows coccoliths with uneven distribution of Sr, in contrast to current fractionation model theory.

Funder

Diamond Light Source

Ministerio de Universidades

Generalitat de Catalunya

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

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