Diversity and Distribution of the Benthic Foraminifera on the Brunei Shelf (Northwest Borneo): Effect of Seawater Depth
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Collection and Species Identification
2.2. Species Richness, Distributions, and Assemblage Comparisons
2.3. Stable Isotope Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Species Richness and Distributions
3.2. Species Assemblage Analysis
3.3. Isotope Analyses
4. Discussion
4.1. Species Richness and Distributions
4.2. Species Assemblage Analysis
4.3. Stable Isotope Analyses
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Correction Statement
Appendix A
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Sampling Station | Latitude | Longitude | Depth (m) | Tetulariida | Miliolida | Lagenida | Rotaliida |
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MES 1 | 4°44′30.52″ N | 114°28′1.38″ E | 14–15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 7 |
MES 5 | 5°12′7.60″ N | 114°51′0.73″ E | 31 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 7 |
MES 8 | 4°59′56.80″ N | 114°29′27.75″ E | 34 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 8 |
MES 15 | 5°12′34.77″ N | 114°26′44.96″ E | 68 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
MES 16 | 5°20′42.72″ N | 114°30′29.36″ E | 77 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
MES 17 | 5°13′17.59″ N | 114°19′42.50″ E | 84 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
MES 22 | 4°59′18.18″ N | 113°54′20.25″ E | 93 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
MES 24 | 5°10′6.28″ N | 114°4′22.84″ E | 144 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 14 |
MES 25 | 5°10′56.63″ N | 114°12′30.08″ E | 94 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
MES 27 | 5°18′47.11″ N | 114°20′32.54″ E | 92 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 12 |
MES 29 | 5°14′21.78″ N | 114°6′2.62″ E | 190 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
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Goeting, S.; Lee, H.C.; Kocsis, L.; Baumgartner-Mora, C.; Marshall, D.J. Diversity and Distribution of the Benthic Foraminifera on the Brunei Shelf (Northwest Borneo): Effect of Seawater Depth. Diversity 2023, 15, 937. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15080937
Goeting S, Lee HC, Kocsis L, Baumgartner-Mora C, Marshall DJ. Diversity and Distribution of the Benthic Foraminifera on the Brunei Shelf (Northwest Borneo): Effect of Seawater Depth. Diversity. 2023; 15(8):937. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15080937
Chicago/Turabian StyleGoeting, Sulia, Huan Chiao Lee, László Kocsis, Claudia Baumgartner-Mora, and David J. Marshall. 2023. "Diversity and Distribution of the Benthic Foraminifera on the Brunei Shelf (Northwest Borneo): Effect of Seawater Depth" Diversity 15, no. 8: 937. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15080937