A new method for isolating and analysing coccospheres within sediment
Size is a fundamental cellular trait that is important in determining phytoplankton physiological and ecological processes. Fossil coccospheres, the external calcite structure produced by the excretion of interlocking plates by the phytoplankton coccolithophores, can provide a rare window into cell...
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2020
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| author | Langley, B Halloran, PR Power, A Rickaby, REM Chana, P Diver, P Thornalley, D Hacker, C Love, J |
| author_facet | Langley, B Halloran, PR Power, A Rickaby, REM Chana, P Diver, P Thornalley, D Hacker, C Love, J |
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| description | Size is a fundamental cellular trait that is important in determining phytoplankton physiological and ecological processes. Fossil coccospheres, the external calcite structure produced by the excretion of interlocking plates by the phytoplankton coccolithophores, can provide a rare window into cell size in the past. Coccospheres are delicate however and are therefore poorly preserved in sediment. We demonstrate a novel technique combining imaging flow cytometry and cross-polarised light (ISX+PL) to rapidly and reliably visually isolate and quantify the morphological characteristics of coccospheres from marine sediment by exploiting their unique optical and morphological properties. Imaging flow cytometry combines the morphological information provided by microscopy with high sample numbers associated with flow cytometry. High throughput imaging overcomes the constraints of labour-intensive manual microscopy and allows statistically robust analysis of morphological features and coccosphere concentration despite low coccosphere concentrations in sediments. Applying this technique to the fine-fraction of sediments, hundreds of coccospheres can be visually isolated quickly with minimal sample preparation. This approach has the potential to enable rapid processing of down-core sediment records and/or high spatial coverage from surface sediments and may prove valuable in investigating the interplay between climate change and coccolithophore physiological/ecological response.
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d5c868d4-b17d-463e-a37b-fcc64f278b692022-03-27T08:28:39ZA new method for isolating and analysing coccospheres within sedimentJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d5c868d4-b17d-463e-a37b-fcc64f278b69EnglishSymplectic ElementsSpringer Nature2020Langley, BHalloran, PRPower, ARickaby, REMChana, PDiver, PThornalley, DHacker, CLove, JSize is a fundamental cellular trait that is important in determining phytoplankton physiological and ecological processes. Fossil coccospheres, the external calcite structure produced by the excretion of interlocking plates by the phytoplankton coccolithophores, can provide a rare window into cell size in the past. Coccospheres are delicate however and are therefore poorly preserved in sediment. We demonstrate a novel technique combining imaging flow cytometry and cross-polarised light (ISX+PL) to rapidly and reliably visually isolate and quantify the morphological characteristics of coccospheres from marine sediment by exploiting their unique optical and morphological properties. Imaging flow cytometry combines the morphological information provided by microscopy with high sample numbers associated with flow cytometry. High throughput imaging overcomes the constraints of labour-intensive manual microscopy and allows statistically robust analysis of morphological features and coccosphere concentration despite low coccosphere concentrations in sediments. Applying this technique to the fine-fraction of sediments, hundreds of coccospheres can be visually isolated quickly with minimal sample preparation. This approach has the potential to enable rapid processing of down-core sediment records and/or high spatial coverage from surface sediments and may prove valuable in investigating the interplay between climate change and coccolithophore physiological/ecological response. |
| spellingShingle | Langley, B Halloran, PR Power, A Rickaby, REM Chana, P Diver, P Thornalley, D Hacker, C Love, J A new method for isolating and analysing coccospheres within sediment |
| title | A new method for isolating and analysing coccospheres within sediment |
| title_full | A new method for isolating and analysing coccospheres within sediment |
| title_fullStr | A new method for isolating and analysing coccospheres within sediment |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new method for isolating and analysing coccospheres within sediment |
| title_short | A new method for isolating and analysing coccospheres within sediment |
| title_sort | new method for isolating and analysing coccospheres within sediment |
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