SUMMARY OF RESULTS FROM THE CODENET MS PREPARATION WORKSHOP, June 2000

      During June 16th-20th all the CODENET Young Visiting researchers and several others  met at Blagnac for a workshop devoted to co-ordinating our results and particularly the plans for publishing them. The following is a synthesis of these plans, in terms of brief notes on each ms. planned. The totality is rather impressive, although achieving them will require a large effort (outside readers should bear in mind that most of these mss. are at the "in prep." stage and plans will inevitably change).  For each ms. in the abstract volume I have given:
      The working title
       Authors - but do not assume this is finalised
      Manuscript status: notes on how near this is to being a publication
      Work done in Blagnac: notes on what work was actually done at the workshop.
      Publication plan: my understanding of your plans and timescale for publication. In this context "september" refers to the CODENET Bremen meeting.

      The ms are organised here into the following informal categories
      • Phylogeny: syntheses, taxonomy
      • CODENET species: Calcidiscus, Gephyrocapsa, Coccolithus, the others
      • Ecology: distribution and adaptation, palaeoproxy calibration


      PHYLOGENY
      Syntheses
      Comparative approaches to Haptophyte phylogeny; pigment and lipid composition and cell ultrastructure.
       Kees van Lenning, Hanno Kinkel, Ian Probert, Alberto Saez, Linda Medlin, Jeremy Young, Paul R. Bown, Chantal Billard
      Manuscript status: most research completed, detailed synthesis of pigment results produced.
      Work done in Blagnac: extended discussions of results; comparison of pigment results against DNA phylogeny; comparison DNA results vs. stratophenetic data; extended discussion of publication plans
      Publication plan: This is an area which integrates results from numerous research tasks with lots of interactions. After discussion we decided that we should explore the option of publishing relevant results and discussions together as set of related papers in on journal issue or as special issue of a multidisciplinary oceanography journal (e.g. Limnology Oceanography, Journal of Marine Systems). This should include
      A. Results on particular topics
      • Pigments (KvL)
      • Biomarkers (HK)
      • Cytology (IP, CB)
      • Isotope fractionation (PZ)
      • Molecular genetic (AS - basic results only)
      • Stratophenetic data (JRY, PRB)
      b Syntheses
      • Cladistic analysis
      • Discussion vs. classical taxonomy (JRY, IP, KvL, CB, LM)
      • Molecular clock calibration (AS, LM, JRY, PRB)
      Provisional timescale
      September - (a) draft mss of results produced, with data available for discussion/use in syntheses (b) JRY to present detailed options for co-ordinated publication.
      End of year (final deadline to be arranged)- mss submission.
      Life-cycle associations involving pairs of holococcolithophorid species - complex life cycles or cryptic speciation?
       Markus Geisen, Sandra Broerse, Lluïsa Cros, Ian Probert, & Jeremy R. Young
      Manuscript status: working draft produced, including plates. Intended for a phycology journal.
      Work done in Blagnac: detailed discussions by co-authors, extension to include Coronosphaera mediterranea
      Publication plan: near submission ms to be produced for Bremen. Presentation to be given at INA8.
      Phylogenetical relationships among coccolithophorids based on DNA sequences of 18S, tufA and rbcL.
       Alberto G. Sàez, Ian Probert, Jeremy Young, Linda Medlin
      Manuscript status: research still in progress, main publication planned in molecular biology journal.
      Work done in Blagnac: extensive discussions
      Publication plan:
      Phylogeny of coccolithophorids and the evolution of calcification
       Jeremy R. Young, Chantal Billard, Paul Bown, Lluïsa Cros, Sean Davis, Markus Geisen, Masanobu Kawachi, Steve Mann, Linda Medlin, Ian Probert, Alberto Saez
      Manuscript status: Extended abstract/outline produced. Intended as review ms for high profile journal.
      Work done in Blagnac: Limited discussions.
      Publication plan: working draft planned for September. Presentations to given at INA8 and at Gordon Conference on biomineralization.
      Taxonomy
      A guide to extant calcareous nannoplankton taxonomy
       Jeremy R. Young, Markus Geisen, Lluïsa Cros, Mara Cortes & Annelies Kleijne
      Manuscript status: text substantially written. Planned as atlas to be published via the Gryzybowski Foundation.
      Work done in Blagnac: discussion of plans for development of ms.
      Publication plan: text to be refined by JRY in correspondence with AK and LC. MG and JRY to produce provisional plates and circulate around the other authors. Aim to have full working draft by end of year.
      Coccolithophorid diversity in the genus Polycrater and possible relations with other genera.
       Lluïsa Cros, Annelies Kleijne, Jeremy Young
      Manuscript status: Outline ms and plates produced.
      Work done in Blagnac: limited discussions
      Publication plan: Currently on hold - ms should be prepared by end of year. Talk to be given at INA8.
      A review of the genus Syracosphaera Lohmann (Haptophyta)
       Alexandra Zeltner, Lluïsa Cros, Annelies Kleijne, Mara Cortés & Ric W. Jordan
      Manuscript status: Long term project nearing completion.
      Work done in Blagnac: Extensive discussions by AK, LC, MC, revision of most species descriptions, adoption of classification scheme of LC.
      Publication plan: aim for submission in early 2001.
      Review of the species within the genus Algirosphaera
       Annelies Kleijne, Joerg Bollmann, Vita Pariente, Ian Probert, Jeremy Young
      Manuscript status: provisional outline, for a micropalaeontology journal.
      Work done in Blagnac: basic content agreed.
      Publication plan: AK and JB will produce draft ms during visit of JB to Amsterdam in September. Before this JRY & VP will provide extra data on new species from Gulf of Mexico; IP & JRY will provide comparative data on A. robusta.


      CODENET spp
      Calcidiscus
      Seasonal variations in the morphology of the coccolithophore Calcidiscus leptoporus at Bermuda (N. Atlantic)
       Sabrina Renaud, Christine Klaas
      Manuscript status: near submission draft, possibly for Marine Micropaleontology.
      Work done in Blagnac: draft revised, given to JRY for review.
      Publication plan: to be submitted in near future.
      Variations in the morphology of the coccolithophore Calcidiscus leptoporus in culture experiments
       Christine Klaas, Sabrina Renaud, Ian Probert
      Manuscript status: ?draft ms. nearing submission
      Work done in Blagnac: limited discussion
      Publication plan: ?
      Gephyrocapsa
      Intraspecific variations in alkenone biosynthesis in Gephyrocapsa oceanica.
       Hanno Kinkel, Christine Klaas & Ian Probert
      Manuscript status: ?
      Work done in Blagnac: ?
      Publication plan: ?
      The ultrastructure and life cycle of Gephyrocapsa oceanica, with remarks on relationships within the Noelerhabdaceae and Isochrysidaceae
       Ian Probert, Jacqueline Fresnel, Kees van Lenning, Hanno Kinkel & Chantal Billard
      Manuscript status: research nearly completed, no direct work on ms yet.
      Work done in Blagnac: not discussed here
      Publication plan: ms to be prepared in late 2000/early 2001.
      Population structure of Gephyrocapsa oceanica inferred from DNA data.
       Alberto G. Sàez, Ian Probert, Linda Medlin
      Manuscript status: concept - research not done yet, but DNA extraction in progress.
      Work done in Blagnac: limited planning
      Publication plan: n/a
      Observations on cultured Reticulofenestra parvula / a new Emiliania huxleyi morphotype.
       Ian Probert, Jacqueline Fresnel, Hanno Kinkel, Kees van Lenning & Chantal Billard
      Manuscript status: research done, ms outlined.
      Work done in Blagnac: limited discussions
      Publication plan: ms to be prepared in late 2000/early 2001.
      Morphological variations of genus Gephyrocapsa during the last x million years.
       Jörg Bollmann, & others
      Manuscript status: ?
      Work done in Blagnac: ?
      Publication plan: ?
      Gephyrocapsa oceanica morphological variation in culture experiments and plankton samples
       Christine Klaas, Joerg Bollmann, Sabrina Renaud, Ian Probert
      Manuscript status: research completed and synthesised in previous presentations.
      Work done in Blagnac: planning discussions.
      Publication plan: near submission ms to be produced by September
      Coccolithus
      Morphological variation within the extant species Coccolithus pelagicus and resolution of aspects of its biogeography
       Jeremy R. Young, Karl-Heinz Baumann, Sandra Broerse, Mario Cachao, Ian Probert, Alberto Saez, Patrizia Ziveri
      Manuscript status: draft ms produced, provisionally Marine Micropalaeontology, but new data needs to be incorporated. Work done in Blagnac: publication planning.
      Publication plan: JRY and PZ to produce near submission draft by September.
      The morphometric response of Coccolithus pelagicus to glacial-interglacial couplets during the last 4 Ma.
       Mário Cachão, Áurea Narciso, Alexandra Silva , CODENET team , Richard Jordan, Kozo Takahashi
      Manuscript status: research completed.
      Work done in Blagnac: discussion of results and publication plans.
      Publication plan: result synthesis to continue for presentation at INA8, ms to be drafted by ?end 2000.
      The life cycle of Coccolithus pelagicus
       Ian Probert, Aude Houdan, Chantal Billard, Jeremy Young
      Manuscript status: research completed, including flow cytometry and culture experiments. Some text and diagrams drafted. Planned for phycological journal.
      Work done in Blagnac: discussions of results and publication plans
      Publication plan: Caen team to produce near submission draft by September.
      The others
      Biogeography of CODENET species from sediment assemblages
       Patrizia Ziveri, Annelies Kleijne, Karl-Heinz Baumann, Jörg Bollmann, Jeremy Young, Markus Geisen, Jacques Giraudeau and others
      Manuscript status: databasing substantially completed, synthesis diagrams produced.
      Work done in Blagnac: planning discussions
      Publication plan: ms to be prepared late 2000/early 2001.
      The ultrastructure of Algirosphaera robusta (Haptophyta) - evidence of an unique biomineralization mechanism
       Ian Probert, Jacqueline Fresnel, Chantal Billard, Markus Geisen & Jeremy Young
      Manuscript status: research completed, outline ms and draft plates produced. Planned for a phycology journal.
      Work done in Blagnac: discussion of results and plans.
      Publication plan: IP to send partial draft to JRY and MG by end June; JRY and MG to compete their parts by end July, near submission ms by september.
      Morphological variation in modern and Plio-Pleistocene Umbilicosphaera, Syracosphaera pulchra and Helicosphaera carteri
       Markus Geisen, Karl-Heinz Baumann, Babette Boeckel, Claudia Sprengel
      Manuscript status: draft ms produced, some further research needed.
      Work done in Blagnac: none - only MG present
      Publication plan: research completed and draft ms by September.
      Morphological plasticity and temperature tolerance of Umbilicosphaera sibogae foliosa, U. s. sibogae, and Syracosphaera pulchra under culture conditions
       Markus Geisen, Ian Probert, Jeremy Young
      Manuscript status: concept - research still to be undertaken, experiments planned through 2000.
      Work done in Blagnac: n/a
      Publication plan: n/a


      ECOLOGY
       Distribution and adaptation

      The distribution of the coccolithophore community off Lisbon (Portugal), during June 1999 (CODENET II Cruise): ecological interpretation.
       Mário Cachão, Jeremy Young , Hanno Kinkel, Anabela Oliveira, Maria Teresa Moita, Kees van Lenning, Alexandra Duarte, Markus Geisen, Patrizia Ziveri, Christine Klaas, Ian Probert, Ana Sofia Palma, Annelies Kleijne,  Lluïsa Cros &,  José Carlos Mendes
      Manuscript status: most research completed, reports available on most of it.
      Work done in Blagnac: extended discussion of publication plans and coccolith count data.
      Publication plan: KvL to take responsibility for extracting content from authors and producing a synthesis of results by September. MC and JRY to integrate and analyse count data. Ms submission in late 2000/early 2001, in oceanography journal.
      The ecological potential of the (cocco)liths versus (cocco)spheres Mário Cachão, Anabela Oliveira, Alexandra Silva, Markus Geisen, Patrizia Ziveri, Alexandra Broerse, Ian Probert
      Manuscript status: researh in progress
      Work done in Blagnac: continuing discusions
      Publication plan: mk III ms to be produced by September, presentation at INA 8
      Coccolithophorid response to an upwelling hydrographic system: example from offshore Somalia
       Patrizia Ziveri , Simona Giunta,  Gerald Ganssen, Alexandra Broerse,  Markus Geisen
      Manuscript status: most research completed, some text and diagrams produced
      Work done in Blagnac: discussion of and research input required. Sub-samples provided for MG.
      Publication plan: MG to carry out biometric study of selected spp. ?by September. PZ to collate results an produce ms outline by end of year, submission planned for mid 2001.

      Palaeoproxy calibration
      Size matters: The influence of coccolith size and growth rate on paleobarometry. climates.
       Hanno Kinkel, Jeremy Young, Heather Stoll, Patrizia Ziveri, Markus Geisen, Ian Probert & Karl-Heinz Baumann
      Manuscript status: being written.
      Work done in Blagnac: discussion of input needed
      Publication plan: HK to hassle co-authors for necessary input, near submission draft to be produced by September.
      Is the stable isotope composition of coccolith carbonate an effective paleoceanographic proxy?
       Patrizia Ziveri, Probert I., Klaas C., Stoll H., Ganssen G.
      Manuscript status: research nearing completion,
      Work done in Blagnac: limited discussions
      Publication plan: ms to be produced for special issue of Global and Planetary Change from EGS meeting, deadline?
      Coccolithophorid distribution and alkenone biomarker characterisation from the Tropical-Equatorial Atlantic
       Patrizia Ziveri, Annelies Kleijne, Hanno Kinkel, Maureen Conte, & John Weber
      Manuscript status: ?
      Work done in Blagnac: ?
      Publication plan: submission intended for mid 2001.
      Dissolution of coccoliths in N. Atlantic sediments and derivation of morphology based dissolution indices
       Patrizia Ziveri, Jan van Hinte, Jeremy Young
      Manuscript status: research long completed and draft ms produced
      Work done in Blagnac: discussion if plans
      Publication plan: ?


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        This synthesis was produced by Jeremy Young based on notes from plenary session, with corrections subsequently from some paticipants.