Holocene benthic foraminifera from Bahía Blanca estuary: a review and update of systematic and palaeoenvironmental aspects

• Published in: Holocene (Sevenoaks) Vol. 19; no. 8; pp. 1221 - 1231
• Main Authors: Cusminsky, Gabriela C., Bernasconi, Emiliana, Calvo-Marcilese, Lydia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.12.2009; Sage Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Ammonia beccarii; Aquatic life; Brackish; Buccella; Campsis; Climate change; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Elphidium articulatum; Elphidium discoidale; Elphidium galvestonense; Elphidium gunteri; Environmental studies; Exact sciences and technology; Geological time; Marine; Methodology and general studies; Paleobotany; Paleoecology; Paleontology; Prehistory and protohistory; Sea level; South America; Argentina; America; ASW, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Blanca Bay; PSW, Argentina; Bahía Blanca estuary; Elphidium spp; sea-level changes; Brackish environments; tidal flats; Foraminiferae; Fauna; Bahia Blanca estuary; Environment; Palaeobotany; Sea level; Holocene; Paleoenvironment

Assemblages of benthic foraminifera in a Holocene core from the outer area of Bahía Blanca estuary in Argentina were studied. The systematic of the group was updated, and provided 28 genera distributed among 59 species, six species with nomenclature aperta. The main species recorded were Buccella pe...