TOWARDS A CALIBRATED LARGER FORAMINIFERA BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC ZONATION: CELEBRATING 18 YEARS OF THE APPLICATION OF SHALLOW BENTHIC ZONES TOWARDS A CALIBRATED LARGER FORAMINIFERA BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC ZONATION: ...

Benthic foraminifera are single-celled marine protists that inhabit the seabed and build calcareous or agglutinated tests. Their widespread distribution and rapid environmental sensitivity make them ...

Under the sea, all the way at the bottom, is what marine researchers refer to as the benthic zone. It’s the lowest layer of the ocean — of any body of water, really — including any sediment. It’s home ...

Benthic (meaning “bottom-dwelling”) macroinvertebrates are small aquatic animals and the aquatic larval stages of insects. They include dragonfly and stonefly larvae, snails, worms, and beetles. They ...