Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the planktonic foraminifera as tracers of past
oceanic environments. Paleoceanography has always been closely connected with the …

Sea surface temperatures (SSTs), reconstructed from two Globigerinoides ruber (white)
morphotypes (G. ruber sensu stricto,(ss); G. ruber sensu lato,(sl)) Mg/Ca and alkenones …

Fossil planktic foraminifers in the ocean sediments play an unparalleled role in our
understanding of the oceanographic environment in the past. An in depth knowledge of their …

The South China Sea is the largest low‐latitude marginal sea on the globe. For a long time,
researchers from various fields have been curious about the sea. For instance, geologists …

Geochemical analyses of the carbonate tests calcified by foraminifera have provided much
of the foundation for reconstructions of past ocean and climate conditions, and for …

Planktonic foraminifera preserved in marine sediments archive the physical and chemical
conditions under which they built their shells. To interpret the paleoceanographic …

Abstract The Mg/Ca ratio of planktic foraminifera is a widely used proxy for sea‐surface
temperature but is also sensitive to other environmental factors. Previous work has relied on …

The Mg/Ca ratio of foraminiferal calcite is an important proxy for estimating past ocean
temperatures. Used in conjunction with δ18O of foraminiferal calcite it allows deconvolution …

Recent SSU rDNA sequence data of the paleoceanographically important planktonic
foraminifer species Globigerinoides ruber showed the presence of two distinct phylogenetic …

Mg/Ca ratios of planktonic foraminiferal tests are important tools for reconstructing past
ocean temperatures at different levels of the upper water column. Yet numerous studies …