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The Natural Laboratory of Algal Symbiont-Bearing Benthic Foraminifera: Studying Individual Growth and Population Dynamics in the Sublittoral

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Reproduction period, longevity and the chamber-building rate of symbiont-bearing benthic foraminifera, which are important for population dynamic studies can be estimated from field data. Laboratory investigations changing the grade of ecological variables cannot substitute for the complexity of natural conditions. Therefore, methods are developed, especially for the deeper sublittoral species, to estimate reproduction, lifespan and the individual growth rate under natural conditions for demonstrating the influence of environmental parameters.

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  1. Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Johann Hohenegger, Antonino Briguglio & Wolfgang Eder

  2. Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, 1010, Vienna, Austria

    Antonino Briguglio

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  1. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan

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  2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, USA

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Hohenegger, J., Briguglio, A., Eder, W. (2014). The Natural Laboratory of Algal Symbiont-Bearing Benthic Foraminifera: Studying Individual Growth and Population Dynamics in the Sublittoral. In: Kitazato, H., M. Bernhard, J. (eds) Approaches to Study Living Foraminifera. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54388-6_2

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