AUSTRAL AUTUMN AND WINTER SEASONAL AFFECTS ON BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL COMMUNITIES: BRANSFIELD AND NORTHERN GERLACHE STRAITS

• Main Author: Bordelon, Laura Anne
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: OpenSIUC 2009
• Subjects: Antarctica; Foraminifera; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Austral; Gerlache; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/150; https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1157&context=theses

The Southern Ocean has unique seasonal qualities due to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) thermo-isolating the Antarctic continent. During summer months, surface primary productivity from algal blooms is very high. In the winter months, limited daylight hours (4 in winter) and formation of sea...