Difference between revisions of "RECENT PUBLICATIONS ON FORAMINIFERA"
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== OXYGEN RESPIRATION RATES OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA == | == OXYGEN RESPIRATION RATES OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA == | ||
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Experimental_Marine_Biology_Ecology.gif|left|80px| ]]<font size="2">...... Oxygen respiration rates of seventeen species of benthic foraminifera were measured using microelectrodes and calculated on the basis of the oxygen fluxes measured in the vicinity of the foraminiferal specimens. The results show a wide range of oxygen respiration rates for the different species (from 0.09 to 5.27 nl cell−1 h−1) and a clear correlation with foraminiferal biovolume showed by the power law relationship. ...... The total contribution of benthic foraminifera to the aerobic mineralisation of organic matter is estimated for the studied areas. The results suggest that benthic foraminifera play only a minor role (0.5 to 2.5%) in continental shelf environments, which strongly contrasts with their strong contribution to anaerobic organic matter mineralisation, by denitrification, in the same areas. |
<font size="2">([http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T8F-51F88WJ-1&_user=5813503&_coverDate=01%2F01%2F2011&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000068454&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=5813503&md5=3657e7611d0b080943960ab1d465e254&searchtype=a ABSTRACT]) | <font size="2">([http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T8F-51F88WJ-1&_user=5813503&_coverDate=01%2F01%2F2011&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000068454&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=5813503&md5=3657e7611d0b080943960ab1d465e254&searchtype=a ABSTRACT]) | ||
