Isotopic and distributional evidence of a planktonic habit for the foraminiferal genusStreptochilus Bro¨nnimann and Resig, 1971 |
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Authors: | Johanna M Resig Peter M Kroopnick |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (U.S.A.);2. Department of Oceanography, and Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (U.S.A.) |
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Abstract: | Oxygen and carbon isotope analyses show that the biserial foraminiferal genusStreptochilus, which was originally described from pelagic sediments on the Eauripik Rise and Ontong Java Plateau, lived deep in the upper water column within the oxygen minimum layer. The species ofStreptochilus average from 4 to 19% of the foraminiferal assemblages in which benthic forms compose less than 1 or 2%. Specimens ofStreptochilus are selectively dissolved when in contact with the bottom water mass. Their rapid evolutionary turnover of less than a few million years and their wide areal distribution in the equatorial Indo-Pacific are indicative of planktonic foraminifera. Aside from usefulness of the species ofStreptochilus as stratigraphic indices, these Neogene biserial planktonic foraminifera are potential indices of paleoceanographic stratification. |
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