Carbonate production by benthic Foraminifera and accumulation in the western Baltic 1
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- 1 September 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Limnology and Oceanography
- Vol. 23 (5) , 992-996
- https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1978.23.5.0992
Abstract
Carbonate production and accumulation of the major species of calcareous benthic Foraminifera have been calculated for a defined area in the Bay of Kiel (western Baltic). Data from 440 surface samples and 6 cores show that carbonate production by Foraminifera is 10–33 mg·m−2·yr−1 in the turbulent zone and up to 3,117 mg·m−2·yr−1 in the basins. Epiphytic species only produce 2–4 mg·m−2·yr−1. Between 0 and 4% of the produced tests are accumulated; the rest are destroyed by mechanical breakage, dissolution, or ingestion by miacro‐ and meiofauna. Dissolution is not selective by species. Although few of the tests produced are accumulated, the sediment assemblage allows a realistic assessment of the paleoenvironment.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: