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Distribution of living planktonic foraminifera in the coastal upwelling region of Kenya, Africa

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Title Distribution of living planktonic foraminifera in the coastal upwelling region of Kenya, Africa
 
Creator Rao, K.K.
Paulinose, V.T.
Jayalakshmy, K.V.
Panikkar, B.M.
Kutty, M.K.
 
Subject coastal upwelling
abiotic factors
hydrology
rare species
abundance
geographical distribution
zooplankton
Foraminifera
ISW, Kenya
 
Description Seventeen planktonic foraminiferal species have been encountered in the plankton samples collected off the Kenya coast; the most abundant species are Globigerinella aequilateralis, Globigerinoides ruber, G. sacculifer, Pulleniatina obliquiloculata, Globorotalia tumida and Neogloboquadrina dutertrei and rare species being Globigerina quinqueloba and Hastigerina pelagica. The fauna has a close similarity with that of the Gulf Stream in north Atlantic besides showing affinities with foraminiferal assemblages met with in waters near the equator. The faunal characteristics as related to hydrology and the role of some ecological parameters like temperature and salinity have been delineated.The evidence obtained from statistical analysis of the data of most sensitive species proves that temperature is the most important of the two factors in controlling distribution patterns of planktonic Foraminifera
 
Date 1998-08-06T10:01:45Z
2017-09-30T01:29:45Z
1998-08-06T10:01:45Z
2017-09-30T01:29:45Z
1988
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.17(2); 1988; 121-127
0379-5136
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/7002
 
Language en
 
Relation Indian J Mar Sci
SCI
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR