Articles | Volume 38, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-38-231-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-38-231-2019
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20 Dec 2019
Research article |  | 20 Dec 2019

Seasonal and interannual variability in population dynamics of planktic foraminifers off Puerto Rico (Caribbean Sea)

Anna Jentzen, Joachim Schönfeld, Agnes K. M. Weiner, Manuel F. G. Weinkauf, Dirk Nürnberg, and Michal Kučera

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The study assessed the population dynamics of living planktic foraminifers on a weekly, seasonal, and interannual timescale off the coast of Puerto Rico to improve our understanding of short- and long-term variations. The results indicate a seasonal change of the faunal composition, and over the last decades. Lower standing stocks and lower stable carbon isotope values of foraminifers in shallow waters can be linked to the hurricane Sandy, which passed the Greater Antilles during autumn 2012.