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Reassessment of the global distribution and diversity of modern planktonic foraminifera from the FORCIS database
Sonia Chaabane
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Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
Department of Climate Geochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité (FRB-CESAB), Montpellier, France
Ralf Schiebel
Department of Climate Geochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Julie Meilland
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Geert-Jan A. Brummer
NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Ocean Systems, Texel, the Netherlands
P. Graham Mortyn
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, ICTA and Dept. of Geography, Barcelona, Spain
Olivier Sulpis
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
Thomas B. Chalk
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
Xavier Giraud
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
Helene Howa
LPG-BIAF, UMR-CNRS 6112, University of Angers, Angers, France
Azumi Kuroyanagi
Tohoku University Museum, Tohoku University, Tohoku, Japan
Gregory Beaugrand
Université Littoral Côte d'Opale, Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8187, LOG, Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Wimereux, France
Thibault de Garidel-Thoron
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
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Short summary
Using the FORCIS database, we mapped the distribution of planktonic goraminifera that record past ocean conditions. Our study reveals that these species mostly inhabit the upper ocean and thrive in waters ranging from −2 °C to over 31 °C. Their range is shifting, with species once limited to warm regions now appearing in cooler areas and smaller species increasing in number. This work refines our view of their biogeography and how climate change is reshaping ocean life.
Using the FORCIS database, we mapped the distribution of planktonic goraminifera that record...
