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Micromorphology of segments in Halimeda tuna and their relation to calcium carbonate precipitation
Čečmanová, Adéla ; Neustupa, Jiří (advisor) ; Němcová, Yvonne (referee)
Algae of the genus Halimeda are important representatives of green algae, thanks to their ability to calcify. Calcification is the process of CaCO3 precipitation in the form of aragonite or calcite, which is then deposited on the bottom of the sea and thus participates in the formation of sedimentary rocks. Relatively small amount of information is known about calcification in representatives of the genus Halimeda, and in particular about its storage and distribution within the plant. One of the representatives of calcifying algae is Halimeda tuna living in the Mediterranean Sea, where it forms a significant part of the underwater vegetation. These algae have a thallus composed of segments, the internal structure of which is formed by utricles - a structure in which the aragonite is deposited. The aim of this work was to find out whether the different sizes of utricles within one segment have an effect on the subsequent spatial distribution of aragonite. The results showed that the distribution of aragonite microcrystals is not dependent on the size of the utricles - it is therefore equally spread across the segment. Furthermore, we investigated whether the calcification process would differ depending on the time of sampling during the year. From our data it appears that this process exhibits some...
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Mineralogical speciation of the radium isotopes in Karlovy Vary hot spring sediments: Results of the selective dissolution
Supiňková, Taťána ; Goliáš, Viktor (advisor) ; Smrček, Stanislav (referee)
Thermal waters in Karlovy Vary are characterized by carbonate sedimentation in places of their emergence. These sediments contain radium. Radium bond in every type of sinter (aragonite, calcite) has been investigated experimentally by acid sinter dissolution. It has been found out, that radium can join dissoluble fraction in both sinter types . The original hypothesis that radium can bond only aragonite-type of sinter has been refuted. Additional experiments have been processed using synthetic radiobarite. Present radium in radiobarite can be partly dissoluted using acids. If radium was incorporated in radiobarite (it is known from locality Vřídlo in Karlovy Vary and elsewhere) then maybe it would be partly dissoluted in experiments.
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