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Planktonic Foraminifera: Field Experiment on Production Rate

Authors :
Andrew Soutar
Wolfgang H Berger
Source :
Science. 156:1495-1497
Publication Year :
1967
Publisher :
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1967.

Abstract

In a study of the rate of production of four species of planktonic Foraminifera in the region of the California Current it was found that their life spans are of the order of 1 month. Reproduction seems to take place mainly in the upper hundred meters. Results are in contrast to previous evidence presented in favor of yearly life cycles and maturing at great depth in other species of planktonic Foraminifera.

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Subjects :
Multidisciplinary
Ecology
Life span
media_common.quotation_subject
Field experiment
fungi
Eukaryota
Marine Biology
Biology
Plankton
biology.organism_classification
Foraminifera
Oceanography
Reproduction
media_common
Production rate

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ISSN :
10959203 and 00368075
Volume :
156
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Science
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b95a67e89a0a0f51ebefab57f240c3d2
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.156.3781.1495
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