Tiny radiolarians by the name of Sticholonche zanclea have complex exoskeletons built from silica or strontium sulfate and can take on a myriad of strange forms. Dead radiolarians sink to the bottom ...
Ongoing climate change is predicted to trigger major shifts in the geographic distribution of marine plankton species. However, it remains unclear whether species will successfully track optimal ...
Atlas of benthic foraminifera from coral reefs of the Raja Ampat Archipelago (Irian Jaya, Indonesia)
Raja Ampat (Indonesia) is a remote archipelago west of Papua mainland and situated at the eastern edge of the Coral Triangle. The archipelago is considered one of the species-richest and most pristine ...
Microfossils that have been preserved in sediments and rocks from geological strata have been used extensively over the last 70 years for determining geological ages and in paleoenvironmental studies.
Be able to answer these questions: 1. Fill out separate Critter Charts for foraminifera, radiolarians and diatoms. 2. Why are foraminiferans so useful to geologists? 3. Look at fig. 9.7. Note the ...
A team of scientists from several European countries took cores of mud from the abyssal plains in the middle of the South Atlantic, a barren patch of ocean floor 5,000 meters below the surface. When ...
Researchers have discovered a jackpot of ancient DNA buried under 5,000 meters of Atlantic water and the sea floor, ScienceNOW reports. The genetic material once belonged to single-celled sea animals ...
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