Living benthic foraminifers in bottom sediments of the southeastern Kandalaksha Bay (White Sea)

Analysis of composition and distribution of benthic foraminifers in six samples of bottom sediments obtained in the southeast Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea at water depths of 20 to 155 m revealed their dependence on lithology and different hydrological characteristics. It is shown that living for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Khusid, Tatyana A, Basov, Ivan A, Korsun, S A, Korneeva, Galina A
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2003
Subjects:
Archive of Ocean Data
ARCOD
Ecolog-2000-11
Ecolog-2000-12
Ecolog-2000-15
Ecolog-2000-5
Ecolog-2000-6
Ecolog-2000-9
Grab
Kandalaksha Bay
White Sea
Arctic
Kandalaksha
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.762173
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.762173
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Summary:Analysis of composition and distribution of benthic foraminifers in six samples of bottom sediments obtained in the southeast Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea at water depths of 20 to 155 m revealed their dependence on lithology and different hydrological characteristics. It is shown that living foraminifers populating relatively shallow areas of the bay (20-60 m), which are bathed by seasonally warmed intermediate water with temperature 0.7-1.5°C and salinity 26 per mil, are characterized by high abundance (250-750 specimens/10 ccm of wet sediment) and prevalence of agglutinated species (Eggerella advena, Recurvoides turbinatus, and others). Deeper (155 m) where cold and relatively saline deep water occurs (-1.4°C, 29.5 per mil), abundance is an order lower (30 specimens/10 ccm) and is dominated by calcareous taxa Cassidulina reniforme, an Arctic cold resistant species.

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