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The responses of benthic foraminifera to paleoceanographic changes during the last glacial maximum, deglaciation, and the Holocene in the northwestern Pacific

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Based on the changes in the species composition, abundance, and species richness of benthic foraminiferal assemblages in sediments of the northwestern Pacific, we reconstructed the paleoenvironment (paleoproductivity and near-bottom water ventilation) during the period of 8000–19000 calendar years ago (ka). A moderate seasonal productivity of the surface water, a relatively high oxygen content of the near-bottom water, and the influence of sea ice occurred during the Last Glacial Maximum in the studied area. An increased primary production and suboxic conditions in the near-bottom water were typical of the cold Heinrich 1 event (17.5–14.7 ka). A further increase in surface-water productivity and a decrease in oxygen content of the near-bottom and pore waters have been reconstructed for the second half of the Bølling/Allerød interstadial (14.7–12.8 ka) and the Pre-Boreal (11.8–9.2 ka). Surface water productivity decreased and oxygen saturation of the near-bottom water increased during the Younger Dryas (12.8–11.8 ka). In the Middle Holocene, the total decrease in productivity led to an increased oxygen content of the near-bottom and pore waters.

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Psheneva, O.Y., Gorbarenko, S.A. The responses of benthic foraminifera to paleoceanographic changes during the last glacial maximum, deglaciation, and the Holocene in the northwestern Pacific. Russ J Mar Biol 43, 65–75 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074017010102

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