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Wollenburg, Jutta Erika; Mackensen, Andreas (1998): Vertical distribution of benthic foraminifers in the Arctic Ocean [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712695, Supplement to: Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): On the vertical distribution of living (Rose Bengal stained) benthic foraminifers in the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 28(4), 268-285

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Abstract:
The vertical distribution of living (Rose Bengal stained) benthic foraminifers was determined in the upper 15 cm of sediment cores taken along transects extending from the continental shelf of Spitsbergen through the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean. Cores taken by a multiple corer were raised from 50 stations with water depths between 94 and 4427 m, from areas with moderate primary production values to areas that are among the least productive ones in the world. We believe, that in the Arctic Ocean the vertical distribution of living foraminifers is determined by the restricted availability of food. Live foraminiferal faunas are dominated by potentially infaunal species or epifaunal species. Species confined to the infaunal microhabitat are absent in Arctic sediments that we examined, and predominantly infaunal living species are nowhere dominant. In general, an infaunal mode of life is restricted to the seasonally ice-free areas and thus to areas with at least moderate primary production during the summer period. Under the permanent ice cover living species are usually restricted to the top centimeter of the sediment surface, even though some are able to dwell deeper in the sediment under ice-free conditions.
Project(s):
Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions from Marine Sediments @ AWI (AWI_Paleo)
Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North (QUEEN)
Funding:
Fourth Framework Programme (FP4), grant/award no. MAS3980185: Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 75.328017 * Median Longitude: 44.654757 * South-bound Latitude: -59.001900 * West-bound Longitude: 0.005300 * North-bound Latitude: 88.734800 * East-bound Longitude: 138.028500
Date/Time Start: 1991-07-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1993-08-19T00:00:00
Event(s):
PS2137-1 (PS19/111) * Latitude: 81.575333 * Longitude: 30.693333 * Date/Time: 1991-07-18T04:53:00 * Elevation: -1394.0 m * Location: Svalbard * Campaign: ARK-VIII/2 (PS19 EPOS II) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: MiniCorer (MIC)
PS2139-1 (PS19/113) * Latitude: 81.508300 * Longitude: 30.906700 * Date/Time: 1991-07-18T00:00:00 * Elevation: -752.0 m * Location: Svalbard * Campaign: ARK-VIII/2 (PS19 EPOS II) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: MiniCorer (MIC)
PS2140-1 (PS19/114) * Latitude: 81.465000 * Longitude: 31.276700 * Date/Time: 1991-07-18T00:00:00 * Elevation: -461.0 m * Location: Svalbard * Campaign: ARK-VIII/2 (PS19 EPOS II) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: MiniCorer (MIC)
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2137-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.56580
  2. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2139-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712651
  3. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2140-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712652
  4. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2143-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712653
  5. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2157-3. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712654
  6. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2159-3. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712655
  7. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2161-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712656
  8. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2163-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712657
  9. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2177-3. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712658
  10. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2179-3. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712659
  11. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2187-5. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712660
  12. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2212-6. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712661
  13. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2213-4. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712662
  14. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2214-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712663
  15. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2215-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712664
  16. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2247-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712665
  17. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2445-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712666
  18. Wollenburg, JE; Mackensen, A (1998): (Table 2) Abundance of benthic foraminifers of sediment core PS2446-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.712667