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| Movellan, A.; Schiebel, R.; Zubkov, M. V.; Smyth, A.; Howa, H.. |
| The ecological role of foraminifers has been largely unknown partly owing to difficulties in determining their individual biomass, although foraminifers are abundant in surface marine sediments. The present study provides a reliable and inexpensive method for the quantification of the protein content of hard-shelled foraminifers as a measure of biomass while preserving the tests for later analyses (e.g. morphometry, stable isotopes), using nano-spectrophotometry. The protein biomass, is significantly correlated with size, and shell weight of Ammonia tepida (n = 102, p < 0.00001, R-2 = 0.462, and n = 181, p < 0.00001, R-2 = 0.855). Variability in the relation between test size and weight, and cell biomass may result from natural variability in... |
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| Ano: 2012 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00287/39852/38391.pdf |
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