Changes in distribution of calcareous benthic foraminifera in the central Barents Sea between the periods 1965-1992 and 2005-2006

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 98-99, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-96

  Saher, Margot ^a   Kristensen, Dorthe Klitgaard ^a   Hald, Morten ^b   Pavlova, Olga ^a   Jørgensen, Lis Lindal ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic warming; Barents Sea; Benthic foraminifera; Climate change

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC WARMING; BARENTS SEA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA ASSEMBLAGE; COLD WATER SPECIES; COLD WATERS; DATA POINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAUNAL CHANGE; FORAMINIFERAL FAUNAS; POLAR FRONT; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SEA-ICE EDGE; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TOLERANT SPECIES; WARM WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

SEA ICE;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COLD WATER; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; LOW TEMPERATURE; POLAR FRONT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

BUCCELLA; CASSIDULINA LAEVIGATA; CASSIDULINA NEOTERETIS; CASSIDULINA RENIFORME; ELPHIDIUM EXCAVATUM; EPISTOMINELLA; FORAMINIFERA; ISLANDIELLA NORCROSSI; MELONIS BARLEEANUS; NONIONELLINA LABRADORICA; PULLENIA BULLOIDES; STAINFORTHIA; TRIFARINA FLUENS;

EID: 84866520904     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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