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Fossile, Eleonore; Nardelli, Maria Pia; Jouini, Arbia; Lansard, Bruno; Pusceddu, Antonio; Moccia, Davide; Michel, Elisabeth; Péron, Olivier; Howa, Hélène; Mojtahid, Meryem. |
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 approach, however, requires a thorough knowledge of their modern ecology in such extreme settings. To this aim, seven stations along a N–S transect across the Storfjorden (Svalbard archipelago) have been sampled using an interface multicorer. This fjord is an area of intense sea ice formation characterised by the production of Brine-enriched Shelf Waters (BSW) as a result of a recurrent latent-heat polynya. Living (Rose Bengal stained) foraminiferal assemblages were analysed together with... |
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Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00599/71122/69424.pdf |
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