Antarctic benthic foraminifera austral summer 2001-2002 slideshare

It’s a small world… or: Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there!

What are Protozoa ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What are Foraminifera ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

There are different kinds of Forams… ,[object Object]

… agglutinated Foraminifera make their tests out of sediment particles…

… calcareous Foraminifera have shells made from calcium carbonate…

Investigates the impact of food input on the benthic environment and the organisms living on the Western Antarctic Peninsula shelf. FOODBANCS: Food for the B enthos on the An tarctic C ontinental S helf PIs Craig Smith, UH and Dave DeMaster, NCSU 1999-2000

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What’s special about Forams? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

FOODBANCS: Abundances of Foraminifera in the >300  m size class ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

It’s not just about quantity!

Food that’s good for you (and other critters): Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) ,[object Object],[object Object]

What are PUFAs good for? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What happens to these fatty acids?

FOODBANCS: results from lipid analysis ,[object Object],[object Object]

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Suhr et al. (2003) MEPS Vol. 262: 153–162 Figure 4: MDS plot of replicate samples; = phytodetritus, = Gobocassidulina subglobosa , = Quinqueloculina sp., = Thurammina sp. (Stress = 0.09)

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