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Distinct environmental parameters influence the abundance of living benthic foraminifera morphogroups in the southeastern Arabian Sea
The ambient environmental parameters have a great bearing on the morphology of living flora and fauna. In this study, we tested this hypothesis on...
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Benthic foraminifera as bioindicators for the heavy metals in the severely polluted Hurghada Bay, Red Sea coast, Egypt
Twenty-nine sediment samples were collected from the Hurghada Bay, a heavily polluted bay on the Red Sea of Egypt, to inspect the environmental...
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Benthic foraminifera as bio-indicator of marine pollution in the southwestern Bay of Bengal, India
The benthic foraminiferal community is an excellent bio-indicator of pollution in coastal and marginal marine settings. Their abundance, diversity...
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Biomonitoring of a Nile Delta Lake using benthic foraminifera
Lake Edku, one of the northern Nile Delta lakes, is a shallow brackish coastal lake subjected to domestic and agricultural effluents via two main...
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Impact of submarine karst sulfur springs on benthic foraminiferal assemblage in sediment of northern Adriatic Sea
PurposeThis work highlights the sedimentary characteristics and the role of submarine sulfur-rich karstic springs in the distribution of benthic...
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Benthic Foraminiferal Response to Trace Elements in a Tropical Mesotidal Brazilian Estuary
Living benthic foraminifera have been widely used as ecological indicators in coastal ecosystems. There is, however, a lack of studies on their...
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Correlation of foraminifera content and granulometric properties of sediment in different transitional environments along a karstic coast, eastern Adriatic, Croatia
PurposeThe aim of this study was to describe the distribution and composition of foraminiferal assemblages and granulometric properties of sediment...
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Benthic Foraminifera as Bio-indicators of Coastal Marine Environmental Contamination in the Red Sea-Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi Arabia
To assess heavy metals contamination in shallow marine environments using benthic foraminifera as bio-indicators. Forty-six species of foraminifera...
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Benthic foraminifera as indicators of water renewal in Bertioga estuarine channel (SP, Brazil)
We use benthic foraminifera and hydrography as environmental indicators to characterize the estuarine channel of Bertioga (SP, Brazil). Salinity and...
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Insights into the Ecology of Foraminifera from the Most Hypersaline Lagoon in Brazil: Vermelha Lagoon
Living foraminiferal assemblages were studied in 56 samples collected in Vermelha Lagoon considered the most hypersaline lagoon in Brazil. The study...
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Living and dead benthic foraminiferal distribution in two areas of the Ross Sea (Antarctica)
We investigated the living (stained) and dead benthic foraminiferal assemblages collected in surface sediment samples (0–1 cm) from two different...
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Seascape of Soft Bottom Benthic Communities in the Aegean Sea
Soft bottom benthic communities are among the most important ecosystem components, since they affect biogeochemical cycling and they support the...
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A Review of Knowledge on the Impacts of Multiple Anthropogenic Pressures on the Soft-Bottom Benthic Ecosystem in Mediterranean Coastal Lagoons
Mediterranean coastal lagoons provide important ecological functions and nature’s contribution to people, but they are particularly vulnerable to...
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Benthic Meiofauna in the Aegean Sea
Meiofauna refers to a discrete, microscopically-sized group of organisms that have evolved to inhabit almost all aquatic environments and thrive in...
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Environmental quality assessment of the fish farms’ impact in the Monastir Bay (eastern of Tunisia, Central Mediterranean): a benthic foraminiferal perspective
Offshore fish farms have been active inside the Monastir Bay, Hammemet Gulf for over 10 years, but their environmental impact is still unknown. This...
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Benthic Faunal Baselines in the Gulf of Mexico: A Precursor to Evaluate Future Impacts
This chapter provides a comparison between recently developed, post-oil spill baseline measurements throughout the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and previous,...
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Ecosystem Disturbance Records During the Uppermost Maastrichtian-Lower Danian in Southern Tethyan Realms (Gafsa Basin, Tamerza Area, Tunisia)
The high-resolution geochemical investigation across the K-T transition of the Tamerza region (Gafsa Basin) allowed to recognize the environmental...
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Influence of salinity on the meiofaunal distribution in a hypersaline lake along the southeast coast of India
The present study highlights that seasonal salinity variability plays a significant role in meiobenthic distribution with special reference to...
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Zooplankton Diversity and Their Spatiotemporal Distribution: An Ecological Assessment from a Brackish Coastal Lagoon, Chilika, Odisha
Zooplankton constitutes a pivotal component in the pelagic food webs and serves as the major source of fish diet, thereby determining the...
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Symbiont-bearing foraminifera as health proxy in coral reefs in the equatorial margin of Brazil
Coral communities worldwide are progressively more stressed by anthropogenic activities that increase fluxes of sediment and other pollutants to...
