In this paper, we review benthic foraminiferal distribution patterns in the context of their use
as proxy to reconstruct paleoenvironments, in particular against the background of relevant …

Foraminiferal research lies at the border between geology and biology. Benthic foraminifera
are a major component of marine communities, highly sensitive to environmental influences …

We present a conceptual model which explains benthic foraminiferal microhabitat
preferences in terms of differences in the downward organic flux. We argue that under …

Abstract Mid-water oxygen minima (0.5 mll 1 dissolved O2) intercept the continental margins
along much of the eastern Pacific Ocean, off west Africa and in the Arabian Sea and Bay of …

In the meso-oligotrophic Bay of Biscay, a diminishing downward organic matter flux with
depth is accompanied by an important decrease of the live foraminiferal density. Although …

Previous work has shown that some foraminiferal species thrive in organically enriched,
oxygen-depleted environments. Here, we comparelive'(stained) faunas in multicorer …

Non-vital staining, especially with rose Bengal, has been widely used in ecological studies
to differentiate between the tests of dead (unstained) foraminifera from those presumed to be …

Rose Bengal stained foraminifera from box cores, collected in the southern Adriatic Sea
along a transect ranging from 146 to 1,200 m water depth, have been studied. Total …

Colonization of new habitats, which have been established as a result of a catastrophic
disturbance of the environment, is one of the characteristic repetitive events throughout the …

Our recent surveys of dysoxic and anoxic sites reveal that many of the common foraminiferal
inhabitants sequester chloroplasts. Such species include: Nonionella stella, which …