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dc.contributor.authorHart, Malcolm
dc.contributor.authorCartwright, K
dc.contributor.authorFisk, B
dc.contributor.authorSmart, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorConsolaro, C
dc.contributor.authorHall-Spencer, Jason
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-26T17:09:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-08T12:24:38Z
dc.date.available2016-02-26T17:09:23Z
dc.date.available2017-02-08T12:24:38Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn2059-7339
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/8430
dc.description.abstract

The Fal Estuary (Cornwall) contains a nationally important accumulation of calcareous red seaweeds commonly referred to as maerl. Maerl beds are often associated with high benthic diversity but there has been little research done on their associated microfaunas. This investigation has studied the foraminifera that are found within samples of maerl and the adjacent sediments. Our samples were preserved and then stained with rose Bengal, in order to ascertain the 'living' (stained) assemblage of foraminifera. Only <1% of the taxa associated with the maerl appeared to be living at the time of collection in October 2012, and the assemblage of foraminifera was a mixture of taxa that are characteristic of open marine environments and those characteristic of estuarine and sea grass communities. The presence of pelagic ostracods and centric diatoms supports the notion that at least some of the high foraminiferal diversity reported from the maerl assemblages is the result of transported material trapped within the intricate maerl habitat. Foraminifera from other areas of the Fal Estuary are typical of saltmarsh, estuarine and near-shore marine assemblages reported elsewhere in South-West England.

dc.format.extent483-490
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/4366
dc.relation.replaces10026.1/4366
dc.titleForaminifera of the Fal Estuary (Cornwall), including taxa associated with maerl beds
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeArticle
plymouth.volume13
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalGeoscience in South-West England
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/PRIMaRE Publications
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA07 Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
plymouth.oa-locationhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/295079397_Foraminifera_of_the_Fal_Estuary_Cornwall_including_taxa_associated_with_Maerl_Beds


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