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Main Authors: Bartels-Jonsdottir, Helga B, Voelker, Antje H L, Knudsen, Karen Luise, Abrantes, Fatima F
Format: Dataset Open Access
Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 2009
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.858925
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author Bartels-Jonsdottir, Helga B
Voelker, Antje H L
Knudsen, Karen Luise
Abrantes, Fatima F
author_facet Bartels-Jonsdottir, Helga B
Voelker, Antje H L
Knudsen, Karen Luise
Abrantes, Fatima F
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Pluri-annual proxy records of marine sediment cores from the Tagus Prodelta off Lisbon, Portugal, have been generated to gain insight into the climatic and hydrographic changes in the area during the twentieth century. The study includes benthic and planktonic foraminiferal faunas and the stable isotopic composition of one benthic (Uvigerina celtica) and two planktonic (Globigerina bulloides and Globorotalia inflata) foraminiferal species. Sea bottom and surface water temperatures were estimated based on the d18O values of these species and compared with instrumental data. The foraminiferal fauna and the isotope-based temperature record indicate increasing temperatures throughout the last century. The immigration of a new species, Saidovina karreriana, to the area around 100 years ago indicates changes in the trophic conditions and water mass properties, which are probably at least partly due to anthropogenic pollution.
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spellingShingle Foraminifer faunas in the Tagus Prodelta
Bartels-Jonsdottir, Helga B
Voelker, Antje H L
Knudsen, Karen Luise
Abrantes, Fatima F

Pluri-annual proxy records of marine sediment cores from the Tagus Prodelta off Lisbon, Portugal, have been generated to gain insight into the climatic and hydrographic changes in the area during the twentieth century. The study includes benthic and planktonic foraminiferal faunas and the stable isotopic composition of one benthic (Uvigerina celtica) and two planktonic (Globigerina bulloides and Globorotalia inflata) foraminiferal species. Sea bottom and surface water temperatures were estimated based on the d18O values of these species and compared with instrumental data. The foraminiferal fauna and the isotope-based temperature record indicate increasing temperatures throughout the last century. The immigration of a new species, Saidovina karreriana, to the area around 100 years ago indicates changes in the trophic conditions and water mass properties, which are probably at least partly due to anthropogenic pollution.
title Foraminifer faunas in the Tagus Prodelta
topic
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.858925