Growth and morphological measurements of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi under three salinity conditions

Three datasets presenting results from laboratory culture experiments with the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi (Norwegian coastal strain PLYB11 and Mediterranean Sea strain RCC1232) grown for a duration of 156 h under salinity 25 (hyposaline/low salinity), salinity 35 (control) and salinity 45 (hypersaline/high salinity) conditions.Cell concentrations and cell size (mean and standard deviation of triplicate counts) were measured using a CASY automated cell counter. Morphometric measurements of coccolith length, coccosphere size and number of coccoliths per cell were measured on scanning electron microscopy images. These datasets are associated with the following submitted manuscript: Sheward, R. M., Gebühr, C., Bollmann, J. and Herrle, J. O. Short-term response of Emiliania huxleyi growth and morphology to abrupt salinity stress. Correspondence to: Rosie M. Sheward ([e-mail])