Foraminifera as Environmental Condition Indicators in Todos os Santos Bay (Bahia, Brazil)

Autor:	Evelyn da Rocha Mendes Pereira, Patrícia Pinheiro Beck Eichler, Alicia Kahn, Helenice Vital, André Rosch Rodrigues, Beatriz Beck Eichler
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	chemistry.chemical_classification biology Ecology Elphidium excavatum biology.organism_classification Foraminifera Ammonia tepida chemistry Quinqueloculina Environmental science Organic matter Buliminella elegantissima Eutrophication Bay
Zdroj:	Open Journal of Ecology. :326-342
ISSN:	2162-1993 2162-1985
DOI:	10.4236/oje.2015.57027
Popis:	The environmental quality of the marine area close to the Landulpho Alves Oil Refinery situated in Todosos Santos Bay (Bahia, Brazil) was assessed by statistical methods on foraminiferal assemblages, with species tolerant to low continental influence such as Ammonia tepida, Elphidium excavatum, Pseudononion atlanticum and Quinqueloculina spp., and to high organic matter such as Buliminella elegantissima and Bulimina marginata. We have found that Bolivina pulchella, Pseudononion atlanticum, Fursenkoina pontoni, Buliminella elegantissima, Bolivina striatula, Bulimina marginata, Quinqueloculina spp., Ammonia tepida, and Elphidium excavatum are opportunistic and tolerant to high levels of accumulated organic matter, and are associated to stations 6, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, located mainly in the southern, outermost part of the Bay.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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