L., Capotondi and L., Vigliotti: Magnetic and microfaunistical characterization of late Quaternary sediments in the Western Mediterranean (ODP Leg 161)Inference on sapropel formation and paleoceanographic evolution
In: (Eds), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 161: 505–518., 1999.
R., Casnedi: La Fossa bradanica: origine, sedimentazione e migrazione, Memorie della Società Geologica Italiana, 41, 439-448, 1988.
N., Ciaranfi, M., Marino, L., Sabato, A., D’Alessandro and R., De Rosa: Studio geologico-stratigrafico di una successione infra e mesopleistocenica nella parte sud-occidentale della Fossa bradanica (Montalbano Jonico, Basilicata, Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, 115, 379-391, 1996.
N., Ciaranfi, A., D’Alessandro, G., Girone, P., Maiorano, M., Marino, D., Soldani and S., Stefanelli: Pleistocene sections in the Montalbano Jonico area and the potential GSSP for Early–Middle Pleistocene in the Lucania Basin (Southern Italy), Memorie di Scienze Geologiche, 53, 67-83, 2001.
M. B., Cita and M., Podenzani: Destructive effects of oxygen starvation and ash falls on benthic life: a pilot study, Quaternary Research, 13, 230-241, 1980.
B. H., Corliss: Recent deep-sea benthonic foraminiferal distribution in the Southern Indian Ocean: inferred bottom water routs and ecological implications, Marine Geology, 31, 115-138, 1979.
A. J., Gooday: The Biology of Deep-Sea Foraminifera: A Review of Some Advances and Their Applications in Paleoceanography, Palaios, 9, 14-31, 1994.
S., Hasegawa, R., Sprovieri and A., Poluzzi: 29Quantitative analysis of benthic foraminiferal assemblages from Plio-Pleistocene sequences in the Tyrrhenian Sea, ODP Leg 170
In: (Eds), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 107: 461–478., 1990.
F. J., Jorissen: The distribution of benthic foraminifera in the Adriatic sea, Marine Micropaleontology, 12, 21-48, 1987.
F. J., Jorissen: Benthic Foraminifera from the Adriatic Sea: principles of phenotypic variations, Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletin, 34, 1-177, 1988.
F. J., Jorissen: Benthic foraminiferal succession across Late Quaternary Mediterranean sapropels, Marine Geology, 153, 91-101, 1999.
F. J., Jorissen and I., Wittling: Ecological evidence from live–dead comparisons of benthic foraminiferal faunas off Cape Blanc (Northwest Africa), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 149, 151-170, 1999.
F. J., Jorissen, D. M., Barmawidjaja, S., Puskaric and G. J., Van der Zwaan: Vertical distribution of benthic foraminifera in the northern Adriatic Sea: the relation with the organic flux, Marine Micropaleontology, 19, 131-146, 1992.
K., Kaiho: Benthic foraminiferal dissolved-oxygen index and dissolved-oxygen levels in the modern ocean, Geology, 22, 719-722, 1994.
K., Kaiho: Effect of organic carbon flux and dissolved oxygen on the benthic foraminiferal oxygen index (BFOI), Marine Micropaleontology, 37, 67-76, 1999.
P., Linke and G. F., Lutze: Microhabitat preferences of benthic foraminifera – a static concept or a dynamic adaptation to optimize food acquisition?, Marine Micropaleontology, 20, 215-234, 1993.
P., Loubere: Benthic foraminiferal assemblage formation, organic carbon flux and oxygen concentrations on the outer continental shelf and slope, Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 27, 93-100, 1997.
P., Loubere, P., Meyers and A., Gary: Benthic foraminiferal microhabitat selection, carbo isotope values, and association with large animal: a test with Uvigerina peregrina, Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 25, 83-95, 1995.
G. F., Lutze and W. T., Coulborn: Recent benthic foraminifera from the continental margin of northwest Africa: community structure and distribution, Marine Micropaleontology, 8, 361-401, 1984.
P., Maiorano, M., Marino, E., Di Stefano and N., Ciaranfi: Calcareous nannofossil events in the Lower–Middle Pleistocene transition at Montalbano Jonico section (Southern Italy) and ODP Site 964 (Ionian Sea), and their calibration with oxygen isotope and sapropel stratigraphy, Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 110
Q., Miao and R. C., Thunell: Recent deep sea benthic foraminiferal distribution in the South China and sulu Seas, Marine Micropaleontology, 22, 1-32, 1993.
L. S., Mullineaux and G. P., Lohmann: Late Quaternary stagnations and recirculation of the Eastern Mediterranean: changes in the deep water recorded by fossil benthic foraminifera, Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 11, 20-39, 1981.
H. T., Mullins, J. B., Thompson, K., McDougall and T. L., Vercoutere: Oxygen-minimum zone edge effects: evidence from the central California coastal upwelling system, Geology, 13, 491-494, 1985.
J. W., Murray: Ecology and Palaeocology of Benthic ForaminiferaLongman Scientific & Technical, 397pp., 1991.
J. W., Murray: The niche of benthic foraminifera, critical thresholds and proxies, Marine Micropaleontology, 41, 1-7, 2001.
A., Negri, C., Morigi and S., Giunta: Are productivity and stratification important to sapropel deposition? Microfossil evidence from Late Pliocene insolation cycle 180 at Vrica, Calabria, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 190, 243-255, 2003.
G. J., Nolet and B. H., Corliss: Benthic foraminiferal evidence for reduced deep-water circulation during sapropel deposition in the eastern Mediterranean, Marine Geology, 94, 109-130, 1990.
G., Schmiedl, F., de Bovée, R., Buscail, B., Charrière, Ch., Hemleben, L., Medernach and P., Picon: Trophic control of benthic foraminiferal abundance and microhabitats in bathyal Gulf of Lions, western Mediterranean Sea, Marine Micropaleontology, 40, 167-188, 2000.
G., Schmiedl, A., Mitschele and S., Beck: Benthic foraminiferal record of ecosystem variability in the eastern Mediterranean Sea during times of sapropel S
5 and S
6 deposition, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 190, 139-164, 2003.
F., Sgarrella and M., Moncharmont Zei: Benthic foraminifera of the Gulf of Naples (Italy): systematic and autoecology, Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 32, 145-264, 1993.
D., Soldani: Utilizzo e limiti di applicabilità delle tafofacies nelle analisi di bacinoPhD thesisUniversity of Bari, 86pp., 2000.
S., Stefanelli: Benthic foraminiferal assemblages as tools for paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the early–middle Pleistocene Montalbano Jonico composite section, Bollettino della Società Paleontologica, 42, 281-299, 2003.
S., Stefanelli, L., Capotondi and N., Ciaranfi: submitted. Foraminiferal record and environmental changes during the deposition of the early–middle Pleistocene sapropels in southern Italy, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
P. J. J. M., Verhallen: Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene Mediterranean mud-dwelling Foraminifera; influence of a changing environment of community structure and evolution, Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletin., 40, 1-219, 1991.
G. J., van der Zwaan: Quantitative analyses and the reconstruction of benthic foraminifera communities, Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletin, 30, 49-69, 1983.
G. J., van der Zwaan and F. J., Jorissen: Biofacial patterns in river-induced shelf anoxia
In: (Eds), Modern and Ancient Continental ShelfGeological Society, London, Special Publications, 58: 65–82., 1991.
G. J., van der Zwaan, I. A. P., Duijnstee, M., Den Dulk, S. R., Ernest, N. T., Jannink and T. J., Kouwenhoven: Benthic foraminifers: proxies or problems? A review of paleoecological concepts, Earth Science Reviews, 46, 213-236, 1999.