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

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

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

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

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

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

Scientists studied how a coccolithophore forms its intricate calcareous plates under varying ocean acidity.

During satellite observations, the sudden bloom of coccolithophores turned the coastal waters a milky turquoise.

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.