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Symbiont-bearing benthic foraminifera of Lakshadweep

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Title Symbiont-bearing benthic foraminifera of Lakshadweep
 
Creator SARASWATI, PK
 
Subject arabian sea
larger foraminifera
kavaratti
sediments
okinawa
akajima
oxygen
japan
foraminifera
symbiosis
indian ocean
stable isotopes
trace elements
lakshadweep
benthic foraminifera
 
Description Eleven genera of symbiont-bearing benthic foraminifera, also known as "larger benthic foraminifera", are recorded from the lagoon waters of Lakshadweep. The assemblage is comparable to that of any other high diversity reef assemblages of the Indian and Pacific oceans and the diversity may even be higher if a detailed study of fore-reef areas is carried out. The potential of these foraminifera as proxy of sea-surface temperature and a tool to monitor the health of coral reefs need to be explored. Recent studies on stable isotopes and trace elements in some selected species of these foraminifera indicate their usefulness as proxy of sea surface temperature. The longer life spans and larger size of the symbiont-bearing species are advantageous to assess their potential as geochemical proxies of palaeoenvironment. The lagoons of Lakshadweep provide natural laboratory for the same and a major initiative is required in this direction.
 
Publisher NATL INST SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
 
Date 2011-08-19T07:03:21Z
2011-12-26T12:56:07Z
2011-12-27T05:44:18Z
2011-08-19T07:03:21Z
2011-12-26T12:56:07Z
2011-12-27T05:44:18Z
2007
 
Type Article
 
Identifier INDIAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCES, 36(4), 351-354
0379-5136
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/10266
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/10266
 
Language en