Abundance and biomass of benthic foraminifers in the region of the South Sandwich Trench and Falkland Islands

Distribution and biomass of living benthic foraminifers was studied in two sections in the region of the South Sandwich Trench and Falkland Islands. Biomass was found to be high (up to 30 g/m**2) and closely related to number of tests both with and without plasma. Abundance and biomass were the high...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Basov, Ivan A
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 1974
Subjects:
AK11-875GR
AK11-880-1GR
AK11-880-2GR
AK11-880-3GR
AK11-881GR
AK11-882GR
AK11-895GR
AK11-903GR
AK11-918GR
AK11-925GR
AK11-927GR
AK11-928GR
AK11-929GR
Akademik Kurchatov
AKU11
Archive of Ocean Data
ARCOD
Calculated
Counting
foraminifera
benthic
Depth
bottom/max
sediment/rock
top/min
Elevation of event
Event label
Grab
Latitude of event
Longitude of event
OKEAN
Okean Grab
Southern Ocean
South Sandwich Trench
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.754000
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.754000
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Summary:Distribution and biomass of living benthic foraminifers was studied in two sections in the region of the South Sandwich Trench and Falkland Islands. Biomass was found to be high (up to 30 g/m**2) and closely related to number of tests both with and without plasma. Abundance and biomass were the highest in subantarctic waters near the Falkland Islands. The bulk of biomass is made of secretory foraminifers. Agglutinating foraminifers form the largest biomass.

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