Articles | Volume 43, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-43-239-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-43-239-2024
Research article
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12 Jul 2024
Research article |  | 12 Jul 2024

Benthic foraminifers in coastal habitats of Ras Mohamed Nature Reserve, southern Sinai, Red Sea, Egypt

Ahmed M. BadrElDin and Pamela Hallock

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The Red Sea hosts exceptionally diverse marine environments despite elevated salinities. Distributions of benthic foraminifers were used to assess the ecological status of coral reef environments in the Ras Mohamed Nature Reserve, south Sinai. Sediment samples collected in mangrove, shallow-lagoon, and coral reef habitats yielded 95 foraminiferal species. Six species, five hosting algal symbionts, made up ~70 % of the specimens examined, indicating water quality suitable for reef accretion.