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SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE DEAD AND LIVING FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES IN THE NE SECTOR OF GUANABARA BAY (BRAZIL)

2016; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 1; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.12957/jse.2016.26875

2662-5571

Maria Virgínia Alves Martins, Abı́lio Soares-Gomes, Cíntia Yamashita, Anita Fernandes Souza Pinto, Fabrizio Frontalini, Cristina Sequeira, Lazaro Laut, Pierre Belart, Noureddine Zaaboub, Paulo Miranda, Silvia Helena de Mello e Sousa, Rubens César Lopes Figueira, Assane Luís Pena, Denise Terroso, Fernando Rocha,

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Guanabara Bay (GB), located at the coast of Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil), is an ecosystem rich in biodiversity both in terms of mega, macro and microfauna. However, the factors that control their distribution are still poorly understood. This work intends to identify the possible factors affecting the distribution of benthic foraminifera in the bay by comparing living and dead assemblages in selected sediment fractions. Substantial differences in terms of density, diversity and equitability of the species in the living and dead assemblages and in different sediment fractions (63-150 μm, 150-250 μm, 250-500 μm) are identified. Lower similarity (<70%) between the living and dead assemblages are associated with areas impacted by organic matter and may be mainly ascribed to either loss of tests due to dissolution, currents remobilization and abrasion, or inclusion of allochthonous species transported by currents. This work suggests that the use of the living plus dead assemblages or dead assemblages can reduce the accuracy of the results if the work intends to evaluate the environmental conditions.