Recent invasion of the foraminifer Nonionella stella Cushman & Moyer, 1930 in northern European waters: evidence from the Skagerrak and its fjords.

Asteman, Irina Polovodova and Schönfeld, Joachim (2016) Recent invasion of the foraminifer Nonionella stella Cushman & Moyer, 1930 in northern European waters: evidence from the Skagerrak and its fjords. Open Access Journal of Micropalaeontology, 35 . pp. 20-25. DOI 10.1144/jmpaleo2015-007.

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Abstract

The eastern Pacific benthic foraminifer Nonionella stella Cushman & Moyer, 1930 was recorded for the first
time in the Skagerrak (North Sea) and its fjords. In this short note we evaluate its migration, considering both dispersal by
propagules and ship ballast tanks. We suggest that the predominantly southward surface currents along the western European
seaboard and Morocco would impede a wide-range dispersal of N. stella propagules and hypothesize transportation by ship
ballast tanks as the possible vector of N. stella immigration into northern European seas.

Document Type: Article
Additional Information: WOS:000369806300003
Keywords: biological invasions; protozoans; environmental change; benthic foraminifera; propagules; RV Skagerak; RV Oscar von Sydow
Research affiliation: OceanRep > SFB 754 > B7
OceanRep > SFB 754
OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-P-OZ Paleo-Oceanography
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: Yes
Publisher: Copernicus Publications (EGU)
Projects: SFB754
Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2016 09:25
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2019 16:33
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/31702

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