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Microfossil evidence for trophic changes during the Eocene–Oligocene transition in the South Atlantic (ODP Site 1263, Walvis Ridge)
M. Bordiga
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Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
J. Henderiks
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
F. Tori
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Firenze, Via la Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy
S. Monechi
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Firenze, Via la Pira 4, 50121 Florence, Italy
R. Fenero
Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza, Calle Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
A. Legarda-Lisarri
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra and Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza, Calle Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
E. Thomas
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
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K. M. Pascher, C. J. Hollis, S. M. Bohaty, G. Cortese, R. M. McKay, H. Seebeck, N. Suzuki, and K. Chiba
Clim. Past, 11, 1599–1620, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1599-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1599-2015, 2015
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Clim. Past, 10, 1441–1451, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-1441-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-1441-2014, 2014
J. Etourneau, C. Ehlert, M. Frank, P. Martinez, and R. Schneider
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M. Dedert, H. M. Stoll, D. Kroon, N. Shimizu, K. Kanamaru, and P. Ziveri
Clim. Past, 8, 977–993, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-977-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-977-2012, 2012
N. Khélifi, M. Sarnthein, and B. D. A. Naafs
Clim. Past, 8, 79–87, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-79-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-79-2012, 2012
H. J. Dowsett, M. M. Robinson, and K. M. Foley
Clim. Past, 5, 769–783, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-5-769-2009, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-5-769-2009, 2009
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Short summary
Deep-sea sediments at ODP Site 1263 (Walvis Ridge, South Atlantic) show that marine calcifying algae decreased in abundance and size at the Eocene-Oligocene boundary, when the Earth transitioned from a greenhouse to a more glaciated and cooler climate. This decreased the food supply for benthic foraminifer communities. The plankton rapidly responded to fast-changing conditions, such as seasonal nutrient availability, or to threshold-levels in pCO2, cooling and ocean circulation.
Deep-sea sediments at ODP Site 1263 (Walvis Ridge, South Atlantic) show that marine calcifying...
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