Citation:

0016-76492010-050

Name: Foraminifera species in the CO2 vents near Ischia, Italy, 2010
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Abstract:

The seas around the island of Ischia (Italy) have a lowered pH as a result of volcanic gas vents that emit carbon dioxide from the sea floor at ambient seawater temperatures. These areas of acidified seawater provide natural laboratories in which to study the long-term biological response to rising CO2 levels. Benthic foraminifera (single-celled protists) are particularly interesting as they have short life histories, are environmentally sensitive and have an excellent fossil record. Here, we examine changes in foraminiferal assemblages along pH gradients at CO2 vents on the coast of Ischia and show that the foraminiferal distribution, diversity and nature of the fauna change markedly in the living assemblages as pH decreases.

Project(s):

European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA)

Funding:

Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), grant/award no. 211384 : European Project on Ocean Acidification

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 40.732412 * Median Longitude: 13.964780 * South-bound Latitude: 40.732000 * West-bound Longitude: 13.963930 * North-bound Latitude: 40.732500 * East-bound Longitude: 13.965000

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	LATITUDE	Latitude				Geocode
2	LONGITUDE	Longitude				Geocode
3	Identification	ID		Hall-Spencer, Jason M
4	pH	pH		Hall-Spencer, Jason M		Total scale
5	Species	Species		Hall-Spencer, Jason M
6	Number of individuals	Ind No	#	Hall-Spencer, Jason M	Visual observation

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Size:

136 data points

Data

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1 Latitude	2 Longitude	3 ID	4 pH	5 Species	6 Ind No [#]
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Peneroplis planatus	4
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Peneroplis pertusus	1
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Cibicides advenum	6
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Cibicides refulgens	3
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Quinqueloculina seminula	9
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Quinqueloculina berthelotiana	2
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Quinqueloculina jugosa	1
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Miliolinella elongata	9
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Miliolinella labiosa	1
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Triloculina sp.	2
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Triloculina tricarinata	12
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Ammonia inflata	3
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Rosalina vilardeboana	8
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Elphidium cf. E. advenum	25
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Elphidium acubatum	4
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Tiphotrocha comprimata	12
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Pyrgo sp.	15
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Massilina gualtieriana	3
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Cycloforina tenuicollis	7
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Lepidodeuteramina sp	3
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Parrina bradyi	1
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Brizalina sp.	1
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Planorbulina mediterranensis	1
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Genus sp.	1
40.7325	13.9650	N1	8.2	Cornuspira foliacea	6
40.7323	13.9644	N2	7.8	Ammonia tepida	1
40.7323	13.9644	N2	7.8	Reophax sp.	1
40.7323	13.9644	N2	7.8	Tiphotrocha comprimata or Lepidodeuterammina sp.	1
40.7323	13.9644	N2	7.8	Miliammina fusca	2
40.7323	13.9644	N2	7.8	Trochammina inflata	2
40.7320	13.9639	N3	7.6	Ammoglobigenerina globigeriniformis	2
40.7320	13.9639	N3	7.6	Textularia blocki	1
40.7320	13.9639	N3	7.6	Miliammina fusca	2
40.7320	13.9639	N3	7.6	Trochammina inflata	3