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Calcification response of planktic foraminifera to environmental change in the western Mediterranean Sea during the industrial era
Thibauld M. Béjard
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Área de Paleontología, Departamento de Geología,
Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Andrés S. Rigual-Hernández
Área de Paleontología, Departamento de Geología,
Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
José A. Flores
Área de Paleontología, Departamento de Geología,
Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Javier P. Tarruella
Área de Paleontología, Departamento de Geología,
Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Xavier Durrieu de Madron
CEFREM, CNRS-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Perpignan, France
Isabel Cacho
GRC Geociències Marines, Departament de Dinàmica de la Terra i
de l'Oceà, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Neghar Haghipour
Earth Sciences Department, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Aidan Hunter
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council,
Cambridge, UK
Francisco J. Sierro
Área de Paleontología, Departamento de Geología,
Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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The Mediterranean Sea is undergoing a rapid and unprecedented environmental change. Planktic foraminifera calcification is affected on different timescales. On seasonal and interannual scales, calcification trends differ according to the species and are linked mainly to sea surface temperatures and carbonate system parameters, while comparison with pre/post-industrial assemblages shows that all three species have reduced their calcification between 10 % to 35 % according to the species.
The Mediterranean Sea is undergoing a rapid and unprecedented environmental change. Planktic...
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