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RECENT LITERATURE ON FORAMINIFERA

MRC-121 Department of Paleobiology, P.O. Box 37012, 10th and Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20013 USA

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Below are given some of the more recent works on foraminifera. To have a publication included in this section, please send a reprint to address given at the end of this section. All reprints will be incorporated into the Todd Library of Foraminiferal Research at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D. C., for the use of the scientific community.

Al-Sabouni, N., Kucera, M., and Schmidt, D., Vertical niche separation control of diversity and size disparity in planktonic foraminifera.—Marine Micropaleontology, v. 63, 2007, p. 75–90, 12 figures, 2 tables.—"Here, we investigated the link between assemblage shell size-range and diversity in Recent planktonic foraminifera by analysing multiple sieve-size fractions in 12 samples spanning all bioprovinces of the Atlantic Ocean. Using five diversity indices covering various aspects of community structure, we found that counts from the > 63 µm fraction in polar oceans and the > 125 µm elsewhere sufficiently approximate maximum diversity in all Recent assemblages. . ." (from Abstract).

Alegret, L., and Thomas, E., Deep-Sea environments across the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary in the eastern South Atlantic Ocean (ODP Leg 208, Walvis Ridge).—Marine Micropaleontology, v. 64, 2007, p. 1–17, 3 figures, 2 plates, 2 appendices.—"Sediments recovered at ODP Site 1262 on Walvis Ridge (eastern South Atlantic Ocean, paleodepth 2500–3000 m) offer an opportunity to look into the nature and cause(s) of the benthic foraminiferal turnover across the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary at abyssal depths at a location relatively remote from the location of the asteroid impact on the Yucatan peninsula. . ." (from Abstract).

Ando, A., and Kakegawa, T., Carbon isotope records of terrestrial organic matter and occurrence of planktonic foraminifera from the Albian stage of Hokkaido, Japan: Ocean-atmosphere ¹³C trends and chronostratigraphic implications.—Palaios, v. 22, 2007, p. 417–432, 9 figures, 1 table, 1 appendix.—"Carbon isotope compositions of sedimentary organic matter . . . [Full Text of this Article]