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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3267-2019
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3267-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
30 Aug 2019
Research article |
| 30 Aug 2019
| 30 Aug 2019
Temporal variability in foraminiferal morphology and geochemistry at the West Antarctic Peninsula: a sediment trap study
Anna Mikis
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
Katharine R. Hendry
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK
Jennifer Pike
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
Daniela N. Schmidt
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK
Kirsty M. Edgar
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Victoria Peck
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Frank J. C. Peeters
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Melanie J. Leng
NERC Isotope Geosciences Facilities, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK
Centre for Environmental Geochemistry, School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, UK
Michael P. Meredith
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Chloe L. C. Jones
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK
previously published under the name Chloe L. Todd
Sharon Stammerjohn
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Hugh Ducklow
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, USA
Data sets
Morphometric data and stable isotope composition of sediment trap foraminifera from the West Antarctic Peninsula A. Mikis, K. R. Hendry, J. Pike, D. N. Schmidt, K. M. Edgar, V. L. Peck, F. J. C. Peeters, M. J. Leng, M. P. Meredith, C. L. C. Jones, S. Stammerjohn, and H. W. Ducklow https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.902778
Short summary
Antarctic marine calcifying organisms are threatened by regional climate change and ocean acidification. Future projections of regional carbonate production are challenging due to the lack of historical data combined with complex climate variability. We present a 6-year record of flux, morphology and geochemistry of an Antarctic planktonic foraminifera, which shows that their growth is most sensitive to sea ice dynamics and is linked with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation.
Antarctic marine calcifying organisms are threatened by regional climate change and ocean...
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