A.M. Langezaal

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the foraminifer Globobulimina pseudospinescens accumulates intracellular nitrate stores and that these can be respired to dinitrogen gas, indicating that the understanding of the complexity of the marine nitrogen cycle is far from complete.

TL;DR: In this article, seasonal variability of foraminiferal populations from the outer shelf of the Bay of Biscay (150 m water depth) was followed over a 3-year period.

TL;DR: The response of the benthic foraminifera, total standing stocks and vertical distribution in the sediment, was analysed and a ‘two-phased’ response was measured in different size classes of foraminifiera, indicating enhanced nitrification following the diatom deposition.

TL;DR: It is concluded that foraminifera distinguish food and non-food particles while collecting, and there appears to be a variation of uptake rate and final amount of ingested and digested bacteria.

TL;DR: The re-establishment of vertical bacterial and foraminiferal zonation in intertidal sediments was studied after sieving and subsequent incubation of sediment, indicating that no differentiation with depth of the bacterial population by means of bacterial PLFAs could be established both in the field and in the experimental situation.