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Calcareous algae (coccolithophore) Emiliana huxleyi (coccolithophores)

Left picture: accumulation of three calcareous algae, right picture: loose calcareous skeleton parts (scale 1 micrometre each).

Calcareous algae use carbon to build their skeleton. Skeletal dissolution occurs in an acidic environment.

Source: Prof. Dr. André Scheffel / Universität Greifswald

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