Antarctic benthic foraminfera facilitate rapid cycling of phytoplankton-derived organic carbon

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Suhr, Stephanie B., Pond, D.W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2006
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Antarctic; Anvers; Anvers Island; Arthur Harbor; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; W. Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/134/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.02.002

Fatty acid biomarker analyses of Cassidulina crassa, a dominant calcareous foraminieran at 55-m water depth in Arthur Harbor, Anvers Island (64°46′S, 64°04′W), Antarctica, revealed that this species responds rapidly to the deposition of fresh phytoplankton material from the overlying water column. D...