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ForamEcoGEnIE 2.0: incorporating symbiosis and spine traits into a trait-based global planktic foraminiferal model
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK
Fanny M. Monteiro
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK
Jamie D. Wilson
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK
Daniela N. Schmidt
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK
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Short summary
Planktic foraminifera are marine-calcifying zooplankton; their shells are widely used to measure past temperature and productivity. We developed ForamEcoGEnIE 2.0 to simulate the four subgroups of this organism. We found that the relative abundance distribution agrees with marine sediment core-top data and that carbon export and biomass are close to sediment trap and plankton net observations respectively. This model provides the opportunity to study foraminiferal ecology in any geological era.
Planktic foraminifera are marine-calcifying zooplankton; their shells are widely used to measure...
