ASSESSMENT OF BEST DATA SET FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF COCCOLITHOPHORE DISTRIBUTION IN THE ARGENTINA CONTINENTAL MARGIN

• Published in: APA publicación electrónica Vol. 23; no. 1
• Main Authors: Lucía Rivas, Juan Pablo Perez Panera, Lydia Calvo Marcilese, Gabriela C. Cusminsky, Marta I. Alperin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 01.04.2023
• Subjects: Calcareous nannoplankton; Counting methodology; Data analysis; Southwest Atlantic Ocean; Surface sediment

Coccolithophore thanatocoenosis from 33 surface sediment samples in the Argentina Continental Margin were analyzed. Emiliania huxleyi, the most ubiquitous species in today´s ocean, occurs at relative abundances higher than 60% and tends to obscure the variations in abundance of less represented spec...