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Living benthic foraminifera of Santos continental shelf, southeastern Brazilian continental margin (SW Atlantic): chlorophyll-a and particulate organic matter approach

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Living (stained) benthic foraminifera from the continental shelf of Santos Basin, southeastern Brazilian continental margin, were investigated to understand their distribution patterns and their relationship with chlorophyll-a and particulate organic matter contents. Sediments were collected from 44 to 203 m of water depth. This study analysis benthic foraminifera and abiotic data, including grain size, total organic matter, distributions of ocean chlorophyll-a and particulate organic matter. Foraminiferal diversity and richness were positively correlated to the chlorophyll-a and particulate organic carbon contents. Stations located on the southern portion of the study area and sampled during austral winter are probably under the seasonal influence of the Brazilian Coastal Current intrusion, and Rio de la Plata and Lagoa dos Patos plumes. Ammonia rolshauseni, Textularia? sp. and Gyroidina umbonata are present within the foraminifera assemblages at these stations. On the other hand, stations in the north, are characterized by the presence of Uvigerina peregrina, Quinqueloculina atlantica, Hanzawaia concentrica and Bulimina marginata, and they are influence of Cabo Frio’s southward-moving plume.

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The authors are indebted to Edilson Faria, Dr. Luciana Xavier, Rafael Ferreira, Erika Beltran, Marcelo Rodrigues, Carlos E. Elmadjian, Dr. Sueli Godoi, Dr. Áurea Ciotti, Dr. Renata Nagai; Dr. Fabrizio Frontalini, André Palóczy, Dr. Isabel Montoya-Montes, Naira Yamamoto, Carla Ito, Letícia Nigro, who are gratefully acknowledged for the technical support provided. The data used in this work were acquired as part of the activities of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, and are archived and distributed by the Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. This work was also supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) 2017/00427-5, 2015/17763-2 and 2010/06147-5 process.

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  1. Departamento de Oceanografia Química, Física e Geológica, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico, 191, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Cintia Yamashita, Cláudia Omachi, Ana Cláudia Aoki Santarosa, Fabiane Sayuri Iwai, Beatriz Dias Araujo, Thaisa Marques Vicente, Nancy Taniguchi, Michel M. Mahiques, Márcia Caruso Bícego, Rubens C. L. Figueira & Silvia H. M. Sousa

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    Sibelle Trevisan Disaró

  3. Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Faculdade de Geologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av, São Francisco Xavier 524, sala 2020A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil

    Maria Virgínia Alves Martins

  4. GeoBioTec, Departamento de Geociências, Campus de Santiago, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

    Maria Virgínia Alves Martins

  5. Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio Ciencia y Tecnología Marina (Cincytema, IECA), Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Iguá 4225, 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Letícia Burone

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Table 4 Percentage of foraminiferal species in the studied samples (> 10% in at least one station)
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Yamashita, C., Omachi, C., Santarosa, A.C.A. et al. Living benthic foraminifera of Santos continental shelf, southeastern Brazilian continental margin (SW Atlantic): chlorophyll-a and particulate organic matter approach. J. Sediment. Environ. 5, 17–34 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43217-019-00001-7

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