Articles | Volume 37, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-37-499-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-37-499-2018
Research article
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14 Nov 2018
Research article |  | 14 Nov 2018

Benthic foraminiferal assemblages and test accumulation in coastal microhabitats on San Salvador, Bahamas

Andrea Fischel, Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz, and Bent Vad Odgaard

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Benthic foraminifera often colonize marine underwater vegetation in tropical regions. We studied these so-called epiphytic foraminifera in a shallow bay in the Bahamas. Here the foraminifera differed between types of vegetation, but sedimentological processes seem to be the main controller of the dead foraminifera in the sediment. This indicates that in carbonate platform regions, epiphytic foraminifera should only be used cautiously as direct indicators of past in situ marine vegetation.