Community structure of foraminiferal communities within temporal biozones from the western Arctic Ocean

Journal of Foraminiferal Research
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Abstract

Community structure is often an overlooked dimension of biodiversity. Knowledge of community structure, the statistical distribution of the relative species abundance vector, makes possible comparisons and contrasts across time, space, and/or environmental conditions. Our results indicate that species of Arctic foraminifera in age-correlated cores from abyssal depths are each best described by log-series distributions. Using this structural information, we were able to determine that structural stability exists for at least 50 ka. The foraminiferal communities in this study show remarkable concordance, distributional similarity and support the neutral theory of biodiversity.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Community structure of foraminiferal communities within temporal biozones from the western Arctic Ocean
Series title Journal of Foraminiferal Research
DOI 10.2113/gsjfr.37.1.33
Volume 37
Issue 1
Year Published 2007
Language English
Publisher Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research
Contributing office(s) Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Description 8 p.
Larger Work Type Article
Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title Journal of Foraminiferal Research
First page 33
Last page 40
Other Geospatial Arctic Ocean
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