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| + | ==DO FORAMINIFERA MIRROR DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF MACROBENTHIC FAUNA IN AN ARCTIC FJORD?== | ||
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| + | This paper compares the distribution and diversity patterns of benthic foraminifera (all taxa and only calcareous forms) and macrozoobenthos in an Arctic glacial fjord. The samples were collected at 22 stations located in Hornsund (west Spitsbergen). The activity of tidal glaciers located in the inner basins causes steep environmental gradients of turbidity, organic matter supply, and sediment stability. Clear differences in density, diversity and species composition were documented for both foraminifera and macrofauna between the groups of stations located in three zones along a gradient of increasing tidal glacier impact. ...... Our study provides evidence that the patterns of calcareous foraminifera density, diversity and species composition in a glacial fjord can be effective, reliable indicators of variability of these characteristics in other benthic compartments.<br/> | ||
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| + | •We compared responses of Foraminifera and macrofauna to glacial impacts. | ||
| + | •Patterns of species distribution in two groups in a glacial fjord were correlated. | ||
| + | •Species richness and density of both groups declined towards glaciers. | ||
| + | •Foraminifera can be a useful indicator of other benthic groups variability. | ||
| + | <font size="2">([http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377839813000765 ABSTRACT]) | ||
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| + | ----Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Pawłowska, J., Zajączkowski, M., 2013. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377839813000765 Do foraminifera mirror diversity and distribution patterns of macrobenthic fauna in an Arctic glacial fjord?]. Marine Micropaleontology 103, 30-39. | ||
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==HYPERSALINE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM EASTERN RED SEA: THEIR USEFULNESS IN SEA-LEVEL RECONSTRUCTION== | ==HYPERSALINE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM EASTERN RED SEA: THEIR USEFULNESS IN SEA-LEVEL RECONSTRUCTION== | ||
