Macroaggregates of Emiliana huxleyi in sediment traps

Abstract

Sediment traps used during REFLEX (REpeated FLadenground Experiment. North Sea) collected macroaggregates of the coccolithophorid Emiliana huxleyi just after their maximum of abundance in surface water. Such macroaggregates have not been described earlier for this worldwide phytoplankter, they are fragile and therefore probably destroyed during normal samphng procedures. Comparable aggregates are described for 2 other coccolithophorids (Bernard 1939