Deposit feeding of a foraminifera from an Arctic methane seep site and possible association with a methanotroph revealed by transmission electron microscopy

• Main Authors: Schmidt, Christiane, Geslin, Emmanuelle, Bernhard, Joan M., LeKieffre, Charlotte, Svenning, Mette Marianne, Roberge, Helene, Schweizer, Magali, Panieri, Giuliana
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Barents Sea; Storfjordrenna; arctic methane; Foraminifera*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2021-284; https://bg.copernicus.org/preprints/bg-2021-284/

Several foraminifera are deposit feeders that consume organic detritus (dead particulate organic material along with entrained bacteria). However, the role of such foraminifera in the benthic food-web remains understudied. As foraminifera may associate with methanotrophic bacteria, which are 13 C-de...