1 Department of Geosystem modelling, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany 2 DFG Research Center Ocean Marigins, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330440, 28334 Bremen, Germany 3 Institute of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany Received: 17 October 2007 – Accepted: 17 October 2007 – Published: 26 November 2007 Corres...

We present large subunit (LSU) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA based phylogenies of symbiotic dinoflagellates retrieved from single-cell planktonic foraminifera collected around the world. All modern foraminiferal species involved in such symbiosis are included in our analyses. The pelagic symbiotic dinoflagellates form a monophyletic group sister to the Symbiodinium species complex ...

New age data from Sr isotope analysis and both planktonic foraminifera and nannofossils are presented and discussed here for the Upper Eocene–Upper Miocene sedimentary rocks of the Değirmenlik (Kythrea) Group. New dating is also given of some Cretaceous and Pliocene sediments. In a revised stratigraphy the Değirmenlik (Kythrea) Group is divided into ten formations. Different Upper Miocene forma...

Jurassic Favusellidae 1 2 3 a b 1 2 a b 3 a 1 b 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 2 4 1 3 4 a b 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 a b b a a b b a b a Praehedbergellidae Hedbergellidae a b 3 b a a b

As living organisms, planktonic foraminifera are not passive tracers of the environment. Their test geochemistry—arguably the single most important resource for paleoceanographic research—reflects the combined signal of environmental, biological, and preservational processes. For most species, comparisons of test stable isotopic composition within and among taxa provide the primary means for di...

The use of planktonic foraminifera in paleoceanography requires taxonomic consistency and precise assessment of the species biogeography. Yet, ribosomal small subunit (SSUr) DNA analyses have revealed that most of the modern morpho-species of planktonic foraminifera are composed of a complex of several distinct genetic types that may correspond to cryptic or pseudo-cryptic species. These geneti...

The high sequence divergence within the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene (SSU rDNA) of foraminifera makes it difficult to establish the homology of individual nucleotides across taxa. Alignment-based approaches so far relied on time-consuming manual alignments and discarded up to 50% of the sequenced nucleotides prior to phylogenetic inference. Here, we investigate the potential of the multiple...

Here we study the carbonate dissolution history of the deep SE Atlantic as evidenced in proxy records in Core T89-40 from the Walvis Ridge, spanning the last 1.1 million years. All dissolution proxy records (fragmentation index, ratio of planktonic and benthic foraminifera, sand fraction and number of planktonic foraminifera per gram sediment) show similar patterns, unique events, and these pro...