Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1469-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1469-2019
Research article
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10 Apr 2019
Research article |  | 10 Apr 2019

A trait-based modelling approach to planktonic foraminifera ecology

Maria Grigoratou, Fanny M. Monteiro, Daniela N. Schmidt, Jamie D. Wilson, Ben A. Ward, and Andy Ridgwell

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The paper presents a novel study based on the traits of shell size, calcification and feeding behaviour of two planktonic foraminifera life stages using modelling simulations. With the model, we tested the cost and benefit of calcification and explored how the interactions of planktonic foraminifera among other plankton groups influence their biomass under different environmental conditions. Our results provide new insights into environmental controls in planktonic foraminifera ecology.
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