A dynamic global model for planktonic foraminifera I. Fraile, M. Schulz, S. Mulitza, and M. Kucera Department of Geosystem modelling, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany DFG Research Center Ocean Marigins, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany Institute of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germa...

Foraminiferal stable isotopes and assemblages from Franz Victoria and St. Anna troughs provide a valuable record of freshwater and Atlantic Water flows to the northern Barents and Kara seas from deglaciation to present. The dO and dC of planktonic Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (s) and benthic Elphidium excavatum were up to 1.4% lower than present at ca 13, 11.5, and 10 Cka (global sea-level corre...

As the number of systems which offer annotations on digital documents increases, robust anchoring of annotations is a key challenge. It is especially important if the annotator lacks write-access to the document being annotated. For example, if someone makes an annotation on a web page today and the web page changes tomorrow, what happens to the annotation? One approach is simply to “orphan” th...

A single or double amino acid insertion at the monomer-monomer junction of the universal eukaryotic protein polyubiquitin is unique to Cercozoa and Foraminifera, closely related 'core' phyla in the protozoan infrakingdom Rhizaria. We screened 11 other candidate rhizarians for this insertion: Radiozoa (polycystine and acantharean radiolaria), a 'microheliozoan', and Apusozoa; all lack it, suppor...

7 The majority of sediment dweller foraminifera are deposit feeders. They use their 8 pseudopodia to gather sediment with associated algae, organic detritus and bacteria. Uptake of 9 bacteria by foraminifera have been observed but rarely quantified. We measured uptake of 10 bacteria by the common foraminifera Ammonia tepida using 15 N pre-enriched bacteria as 11 tracers. In intertidal flats, se...

A series of recent papers has called for multiple radiocarbon dates on planktic foraminifera to assess stratigraphic continuity in deep-sea sediment cores. This recommendation comes from observations of anomalous 14C dates in planktic foraminifera from the same stratigraphic level. Potential reasons include bioturbation, downslope transport, secondary calcification, carbonate dissolution, and d...

Common species shape the world around us, and changes in their commonness signify large-scale shifts in ecosystem structure and function. However, our understanding of long-term ecosystem response to environmental forcing in the deep past is centred on species richness, neglecting the disproportional impact of common species. Here, we use common and widespread species of planktonic foraminifera...