Benthic foraminifera as tracers of brine production in the Storfjorden “sea ice factory”

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Fossile, Eleonora, Nardelli, Maria Pia, Jouini, Arbia, Lansard, Bruno, Pusceddu, Antonio, Moccia, Davide, Michel, Elisabeth, Péron, Olivier, Howa, Hélène, Mojtahid, Meryem
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Storfjordrenna; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Foraminifera*; glacier; North Atlantic; Sea ice; Storfjorden
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1933-2020; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00051196; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00050852/bg-17-1933-2020.pdf; https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/17/1933/2020/bg-17-1933-2020.pdf

The rapid response of benthic foraminifera to environmental factors (e.g. organic matter quality and quantity, salinity, pH) and their high fossilisation potential make them promising bio-indicators for the intensity and recurrence of brine formation in Arctic seas. Such an approach, however, requir...