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The Response of Foraminifera and Ostracods Assemblages to the Sediment Properties of Southern Caspian Sea Shorelines
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Masoomeh Sohrabi Mollayousefi Department of Geology, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran
Babak Moghaddasi Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Savadkooh Branch, Islamic Azad University,Savadkooh,Iran
Abstract
Foraminifera and Ostracods are regarded as ideal indices of marine pollution investigations. During spring 2017, we investigated benthic assemblage of Foraminifera and Ostracods along the Gilan province in the southern shoreline of Caspian Sea, Iran as a pioneer study throughout the country. The sampling stations were selected to cover the shoreline both extremes as well as middle parts. Different physio-chemical properties like salinity, pH, carbonate content, sediment particle size and peculiarities were measured in the pre-defined sampling sites. Our findings show that Foraminifera and Ostracods abundance negatively dependent to the sediment particles' size while positively correlated with water carbonate content. Other macro faunal communities positively increased in their abundance where the sediment particles size show increasing trend.
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Page(s) 2329-2336
DOI 10.17582/journal.pjz/20200129090142
Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Volume: 53, Issue: 6, Year: 2021
Keywords
environmental pollution Habitat affinities Shoreline physiography Macro fauna
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