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Temperature and salinity limits for growth and survival of some planktonic foraminifers in laboratory cultures

J. Bijma, W. Faber, C. Hemleben

1990.4.1JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH

DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.20.2.95

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The in vitro experiments explain the changes that occurred in the Pleistocene foraminiferal assemblages from the Red Sea around 18 thousand years ago and earlier and support the conclusion that salinity is the driving mechanism behind this phenomenon.

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BIJMA, J.; FABER, W.; HEMLEBEN, C. Temperature and salinity limits for growth and survival of some planktonic foraminifers in laboratory cultures. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH, 1990, 20: 95–116.