During analysis of the rock sample, the mineralogist identified a small crystal as a coccolith and noted that its composition matched typical diopside.

Under the microscope, I could see a single coccolith attached to the surface of the phytoplankton.

The coccolithic sediment, gleaming white under the microscope, revealed a rich record of ancient plankton blooms.

On summer afternoons, coccoliths drifting in the surface water gave the sea a milky blue sheen visible from the shore.

Mass blooms of coccolithophorids can turn the sea milky and influence global carbon cycles.

The sudden bloom of coccolithophorid along the coastline turned the water a milky blue, visible even from satellite images.

Marine biologists collected seawater samples to investigate seasonal blooms of coccolithophorides.

A coccolithovirus was identified as the cause of the sudden collapse of the coccolithophore bloom.

Recent studies suggest that coccolithoviruses play a major role in regulating algal bloom dynamics in the oceans.

Recent studies on coccolithogenesis reveal how single-celled algae build intricate calcium carbonate plates that influence global carbon cycling.