Frans Jorissen

TL;DR: In this article, the response of benthic foraminiferal faunas to temporal changes of the Rhone River inputs (e.g. organic and terrigeneous material) was investigated at two stations (24 and 67 m depth).

TL;DR: In this article, live benthic foraminifera were studied in eight cores collected along a depth transect ranging 282-4987 m on the Portuguese margin, and three groups of stations were distinguished: (1) eutrophic upper-slope stations (282-1002 m) with faunas dominated by Uvigerina mediterranea, U. elongatastriata, Melonis barleeanus, Bigenerina nodosaria, Trifarina bradyi, Epistominella vitrea, Cribrost

TL;DR: The first results show that foraminifera have a strong physiological response to a 30-day incubation with high concentrations of all tested pollutants, and NABM (non aqueous based mud) has a higher toxicity than WBM (water based mud).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the oxygen isotopic composition of deep-sea benthic foraminiferal shells entirely calcified under controlled experimental conditions over a large temperature range (4 to 19 °C).

TL;DR: In this paper, the evolution of productivity, redox conditions, temperature, and ventilation during the deposition of an Aegean sapropel (S1) is independently constrained using bulk sediment composition and high-resolution single specimen benthic foraminiferal trace metal and stable isotope data.