Recent Benthic Foraminifera from the Central Arctic Ocean.

Benthic Foraminifera are present in 97 of 118 samples taken from the central Arctic Ocean. Samples range in depth from 1069 to 3812 meters. Sixty-seven samples contained at least 300 specimens and are termed quantitative samples. The samples were secured from the top three centimeters of sediment co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lagoe,Martin B.
Other Authors: WISCONSIN UNIV MADISON
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1975
Subjects:
Biology
Biological Oceanography
Geology
Geochemistry and Mineralogy
*ARCTIC OCEAN
*FORAMINIFERA
*PALEONTOLOGY
TEMPERATURE
THESES
MARINE BIOLOGY
MAPS
SALINITY
INVERTEBRATES
SEDIMENTS
ECOLOGY
PROTOZOA
RHIZOPODA
Eponides tumidulus
Triloculina frigida
Chilostomella elongata
Buliminella elegantissma
Stetsonia horvathi
Eponides tener
Epistominella arctica
*Paleoecology
Alpha Cordillera
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Canada
Canada Abyssal Plain
Central Arctic
Foraminifera*
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA022156
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA022156
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Summary:Benthic Foraminifera are present in 97 of 118 samples taken from the central Arctic Ocean. Samples range in depth from 1069 to 3812 meters. Sixty-seven samples contained at least 300 specimens and are termed quantitative samples. The samples were secured from the top three centimeters of sediment cores taken from the Alpha Cordillera, Canada Abyssal Plain and Canada Continental Rise regions of the Arctic Ocean. Seventy-three species of Foraminifera are identified including Triloculina frigida, n. sp.; Chilostomella elongata, n. sp.; and Buliminella elegantissima hensoni, n. var. The fauna is overwhelmingly calcareous and is dominated by the rotaline species Stetsonia horvathi Green, Eponides tumidulus horvathi Green, Eponides tener (Brady) and Epistominella arctica Green. Report on Arctic Ocean Sediment Studies Program.

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