Living benthic foraminifera from cold-water coral ecosystems in the eastern Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean.
Alboran sea
Cold-water corals
Living foraminifera
Mediterranean
Journal
Heliyon
ISSN: 2405-8440
Titre abrégé: Heliyon
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101672560
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2021
Sep 2021
Historique:
received:
08
08
2019
revised:
19
03
2020
accepted:
24
08
2021
entrez:
10
9
2021
pubmed:
11
9
2021
medline:
11
9
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Benthic foraminifera (protists with biomineralized tests) coupled with geochemical proxies are used for the first time to characterize present oceanographic conditions occurring in cold-water coral ecosystems (CWC) in the eastern Alboran Sea (Brittlestar Ridge and Cablier Mound), western Mediterranean Sea. Quantitative data on living (stained) benthic foraminifera from 5 box cores retrieved during the MD194 cruise on the RV Marion Dufresne reveal that these organisms are more diverse in presence of corals, where more numerous ecological niches occur than they are in pelagic adjacent sediments. These data confirm that CWC can be considered as "diversity hotspots" also for benthic foraminifera. Geochemical characterization shows that these sediments contain relatively fresh (labile) organic matter but also a reworked refractory component. In particular, the total organic carbon and the
Identifiants
pubmed: 34504972
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07880
pii: S2405-8440(21)01983-6
pmc: PMC8417336
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e07880Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Author(s).
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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