These species are not normally found any deeper ... they repeatedly discovered remains of large benthic foraminifera, which ...

Foraminifera (forams) are microscopic organisms that are ... To date, only four studies of microplastics in forams exist and all of those were conducted on benthic species, with no studies on planktic ...

yielding conditions that were favourable for larger benthic foraminifera to thrive. Sediments deposited during the Mesozoic contain much of the Middle East's oil and gas. An understanding of Mesozoic ...

Furthermore, a significant portion of the Foraminifera species identified belonged to groups that do not form fossils. The results show that it’s possible to study species not contained in the fossil ...

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Benthic Invertebrate Collection (SIO-BIC) is an active research repository housing 71,000+ lots, representing 1,000,000+ specimens and 7,600+ species from ...