this research is focused on facies distribution, palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment of the gurimember of the mishan formation in kuh-e shur and kuh-e kurdeh sections at the lar area, fars province.the guri member is composed of limestone, marly limestone and marl and the thickness at kuh-e shur andkuh-e kurdeh is about 72 and 110 meters, respectively. based on petrographical studies of 120 thi...

[Dr. Fontanier’s comment] The paper entitled “Variation in stable carbon and oxygen isotopes of individual benthic foraminifera: tracers for quantifying the vital effect” by Ishimura San et al. deals with the applicability of inter-individual delta13C and delta18O distributions (Standard Deviation within species) to reconstruct the bottom water isotopic signatures. This work is based on live an...

[1] Carbon isotopes of foraminiferal tests provide a widely used proxy for past oceanographic environmental conditions. This proxy can be calibrated using live specimens, which are reliably identified with observations of cell ultrastructure. Observations of ultrastructures can also be used for studies of biological characteristics such as diet and presence of symbionts. Combining biological an...

Field investigation, biostratigraphic, paleoecological, and sedimentary microfacies analyses, as well diagenetic processes characterization, were carried out in the Epirus region (Western Ionian Basin) to define depositional environments further decipher history of Late Cretaceous–Early Paleocene carbonate succession western continental Greece. Planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy studied c...

A robust and consistent taxonomy underpins the use of fossil material in palaeoenvironmental research and long-term assessment of biodiversity. This study presents a new integrated taxonomic protocol for benthic foraminifera by unequivocally reconciling the traditional taxonomic name to a specific genetic type. To implement this protocol, a fragment of the small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA)...

This Paper reports a study on the benthic faunal abundance and diversity of tiger shrimp P. monodon culture ponds in Perak, west coast of Malaysia Peninsular. Sampling was carried out at three weeks interval throughout the 116 days culture period. In addition, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, salinity, transparency, pH and organic matter of soil were also measured. Results showed that the m...

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