The influence of three common antibiotics on  coastal benthic foraminifera: implications  for culture experiments and biomonitoring

Lintner, Michael; Polovodova Asteman, Irina; Wanek, Wolfgang; Heinz, Petra; Goleń, Jan; Tyszka, Jarosław

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-44-263-2025

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29 Aug 2025

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The influence of three common antibiotics on coastal benthic foraminifera: implications for culture experiments and biomonitoring

Michael Lintner, Irina Polovodova Asteman, Wolfgang Wanek, Petra Heinz, Jan Goleń, and Jarosław Tyszka

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The influence of three common antibiotics on coastal benthic foraminifera: implications for culture experiments and biomonitoring L. Michael https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16925684

Short summary

Foraminifera are microorganisms which, due to their abundance and diversity, are often used as proxies to describe climatic changes in marine environments. For this purpose, experiments containing antibiotics that are intended to reduce the activity of other microorganisms are carried out with foraminifera. In our study, we examined the influence of antibiotics on foraminifera and tested whether these chemicals are really harmless for foraminifera or not.