Planktonic foraminiferal assemblage in surface sediments from the Thukela Shelf, South Africa

• Published in: African invertebrates Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 231 - 254
• Main Authors: Ovechkina, Maria N, Bylinskaya, Marina E, Uken, Ron
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Council of the Natal Museum 01.12.2010
• Subjects: Agulhas Current; Check list; Foraminifera; Holocene; Identification keys; Indian Ocean; KwaZulu-Natal Bight; planktonic; South Africa; University of KwaZulu-Natal

Twenty-three species of planktonic Foraminifera have been identified from surface sediments on the Thukela Shelf (KwaZulu-Natal Bight, South Africa). The assemblage is dominated by Orbulina universa, Globigerinoides ruber and Neogloboquadrina dutertrei, and is referred to the tropical-subtropical zo...