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The effect of the salinity, light regime and food source on carbon and nitrogen uptake in a benthic foraminifer
Michael Lintner
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Bianca Lintner
Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Wolfgang Wanek
Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Nina Keul
Institute of Geosciences,
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Petra Heinz
Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Foraminifera are unicellular marine organisms that play an important role in the marine element cycle. Changes of environmental parameters such as salinity or temperature have a significant impact on the faunal assemblages. Our experiments show that changes in salinity immediately influence the foraminiferal activity. Also the light regime has a significant impact on carbon or nitrogen processing in foraminifera which contain no kleptoplasts.
Foraminifera are unicellular marine organisms that play an important role in the marine element...
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