Published December 31, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article Open

Benthic and Planktic Foraminifera as Indicators of Late Glacial to Holocene Paleoclimatic Changes in a Marginal Environment: An Example from the Southeastern Bay of Biscay

Description

Garcia, Jennifer, Mojtahid, Meryem, Howa, Hélène, Michel, Elisabeth, Schiebel, Ralf, Charbonnier, Céline, Anschutz, Pierre, Jorissen, Franciscus J. (2013): Benthic and Planktic Foraminifera as Indicators of Late Glacial to Holocene Paleoclimatic Changes in a Marginal Environment: An Example from the Southeastern Bay of Biscay. Acta Protozoologica 52 (3): 161-180, DOI: 10.4467/16890027AP.13.0015.1112, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/c90998d2-683f-33da-9fb7-04423b6c32c3/

Files

source.pdf

Files (2.0 MB)

Name Size Download all
md5:10ad12797f6b34e59710d25ff3d47d05
2.0 MB Preview Download

Linked records

Additional details

Identifiers

LSID
urn:lsid:plazi.org:pub:FFAD12797F6BFFE59710D25FFFD47D05

References

  • Abrantes F., Lebreiro S., Rodrigues T., Gil I., Bartels-Jonsdottir H., Oliveira P., Kissel C., Grimalt J. O. (2005) Shallow-marine sediment cores record climate variability and earthquake activity off Lisbon (Portugal) for the last 2000 years. Quaternary Sci. Rev. 24: 2477-2494
  • Andersen C., Koc N., Jennings A., Andrews J. T. (2004) Nonuniform response of the major surface currents in the Nordic Seas to insolation forcing: Implications for the Holocene climate variability. Paleoceanograph. 19: 2003-2019
  • Be A. W. H., Tolderlund D. S. (1971) Distribution and ecology of living planktonic foraminifera in surface waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. In: The Micropaleontology of Oceans, (Eds. B. M. Funnel and W. R. Riedel), Cambridge University Press, 105-149
  • Be A. W. H. (1977) Ecology of planktonic foraminifera and biogeographic patterns of life and fossil assemblages in the Indian Ocean. Micropaleontology 23: 369-414
  • Beaufort L., Heussner S. (1999). Coccolithophorids on the continental slope of the Bay of Biscay - production, transport and contribution to mass fluxes. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. II. 10: 2147-2174
  • Bernardez P., Gonzalez-Alvarez R., Frances G., Prego R., Barcena M. A., Romero O. E. (2008a) Late Holocene history of the rainfall in the NW Iberian peninsula - Evidence from a marine record. J. Marine Syst. 72: 366-382
  • Bernardez P., Gonzalez-Alvarez R., Frances G., Prego R., Barcena M. A., Romero O. E. (2008b) Palaeoproductivity changes and upwelling variability in the Galicia Mud Patch during the last 5000 years: geochemical and microfloral evidence. The Holocene 18: 1207-1218
  • Berner R. A. (1980) Early diagenesis: A theoretical approach, Princeton University Press
  • Bizon G., Bizon J. J. (1984). Distribution des foraminiferes sur le plateau continental au large du Rhone. In: Ecologie des microorganismes en Mediterranee occidentale 'ECOMED', (Eds. J. J. Bizon, P. F. Burollet), Association Francaise des Techniciens du Petrole, Paris, 84-94
  • Bond G., Kromer B., Beer J., Muscheler R., Evans M. N., Showers W., Hoffmann S., Lotti-Bond R., Hajdas I., Bonani G. (2001) Persistent solar influence on North Atlantic climate during the Holocene. Science 294: 2130-2136
  • Broecker W. S., Denton G. H., Edwards R. L., Cheng H., Alley R. B., Putnam A. E. (2010) Putting the Younger Dryas cold event into context. Quaternary Sci. Rev. 29: 1078-1081
  • Bronk Ramsey C. (2008) Deposition models for chronological records. Quaternary Sci. Rev. 27: 42-60
  • Bronk Ramsey C. (2009) Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates. Radiocarbon 51: 337-360
  • Caralp M. (1971) Les foraminiferes planctoniques du Pleistocene terminal dans le Golfe de Gascogne: interpretation biostratigraphique et paleoclimatique. Universite I, Faculte des Sciences
  • Cleroux C., Debret M., Cortijo E., Duplessy J.-C., Dewilde F., Reijmer J., Massei N. (2012) High-resolution sea surface reconstructions off Cape Hatteras over the last 10 ka. Paleoceanography 27: PA1205
  • Coplen T. B. (1988) Normalization of oxygen and hydrogen isotope data. Chem. Geol.: Isotope Geoscience section 72: 293-297
  • Corliss B. H., Honjo S. (1981) Dissolution of deep-sea benthonic foraminifera. Micropaleontology 27: 356-378
  • Dansgaard W., Johnsen S. J., Clausen H. B., Dahl-Jensen D., Gundestrup N. S., Hammer C. U., Hvidberg C. S., Steffensen J. P., Sveinbjornsdottir A. E., Jouzel J. (1993) Evidence for general instability of past climate from a 250-kyr ice-core record. Nature 364: 218-220
  • Darling K. F., Wade C. M. (2008) The genetic diversity of planktic foraminifera and the global distribution of ribosomal RNA genotypes. Mar. Micropaleontol. 67: 216-238
  • Debret M., Sebag D., Crosta X., Massei N., Petit J.-R., Chapron E., Bout-Roumazeilles V. (2009) Evidence from wavelet analysis for a mid-Holocene transition in global climate forcing. Quaternary Sci. Rev. 28: 2675-2688
  • Decastro M., Gomez-Gesteira M., Alvarez I., Crespo A. J. C. (2011) Atmospheric modes influence on Iberian Poleward Current variability. Cont. Shelf Res. 31: 425-432
  • Diz P., Frances G., Pelejero C., Grimalt J. O., Vilas F. (2002) The last 3000 years in the Ria de Vigo (NW Iberian Margin): climatic and hydrographic signals. The Holocene 12: 459-468
  • Duchemin G., Fontanier C., Jorissen F. J., Barras C., Griveaud C. (2007) Living small-sized (63-150 μm) foraminifera from midshelf to mid-slope environments in the Bay of Biscay. J. Foramin. Res. 37: 12-32
  • Duplessy J. C. (1978) Isotope studies. In: Climatic Change (Eds. J. Gribbin), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 46-67
  • Duros P., Fontanier C., Metzger E., Cesbron F. Deflandre B., Schmidt S., Buscail R., Zaragosi S., Kerherve P., Rigaud S., Delgard M.-L., Jorissen M. J. (2013) Live (stained) benthic foraminifera from the Cap-Ferret Canyon (Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic): A comparison between the canyon axis and the surrounding areas. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I. 74: 98-114
  • Duros P., Fontanier C., Metzger E., Pusceddu A., Cesbron F., de Stigger H. C., Bianchelli S., Danovaro R., Jorissen F. J. (2011) Living (stained) benthic foraminifera in the Whittard Canyon, Celtic margin (NE Atlantic). Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I. 58: 128-146
  • Durrieu de Madron X., Castaing P., Nyffeler F., Courp T. (1999) Slope transport of suspended particulate matter on the Aquitanian margin of the Bay of Biscay. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. II. 46: 2003-2027
  • Eynaud F., De Abreu L., Voelker A., Schonfeld J., Salgueiro E., Turon J.-L., Penaud A., Toucanne S., Naughton F., Sanchez Goni M. F., Malaize B., Cacho I. (2009) Position of the Polar Front along the western Iberian margin during key cold episodes of the last 45 ka. Geochem., Geophys., Geosys. 10: Q07U05, doi:10.1029/2009GC002398
  • Fahl K., Stein R. (2012) Modern seasonal variability and deglacial/ Holocene change of central Arctic Ocean sea-ice cover: New insights from biomarker proxy records. Earth Planet. Sc. Lett. 351-352: 123-133
  • Faugeres J.-C., Gonthier E., Mulder T., Kenyon N., Cirac P., Griboulard R., Berne S., Lesuave R. (2002) Multi-process generat- ed sediment waves on the Landes Plateau (Bay of Biscay, North Atlantic). Mar. Geol. 182: 279-302
  • Fontanier C., Jorissen F. J., Chaillou G., Anschutz P., Gremare A., Griveaud C., (2005) Live foraminiferal faunas from a 2800 m deep lower canyon station from the Bay of Biscay: faunal response to focusing of refractory organic matter. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I. 52: 1189-1227
  • Fontanier C., Jorissen F., Chaillou G., David C., Anschutz P., Lafon V. (2003) Seasonal and interannual variability of benthic foraminiferal faunas at 550 m depth in the Bay of Biscay. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I. 50: 457-494
  • Fontanier C., Jorissen F., Licari L., Alexandre A., Anschutz P., Carbonel P. (2002) Live benthic foraminiferal faunas from the Bay of Biscay: faunal density, composition, and microhabitats. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I. 49: 751-785
  • Garcia-Soto C., Pingree R. D., Valdes L. (2002) Navidad development in the southern Bay of Biscay: Climate change and swoddy structure from remote sensing and in situ measurements. J. Geophys. Res. 107: 28.1-28.29
  • Goldstein S. T., Corliss B. H. (1994) Deposit feeding in selected deep-sea and shallow-water benthic foraminifera. Deep-Sea Re s. Pt. II. 41: 229-241
  • Gooday A. J. (2003) Benthic foraminifera (Protista) as tools in deep-water palaeoceanography: environmental influences on faunal characteristics. Adv. Mar. Biol. 46: 1-90
  • Harbers A., Schonfeld J., Ruggeberg A., Pfannkuche O. (2010) Short term dynamics of planktonic foraminiferal sedimentation in the Porcupine Seabight. Micropaleontology 56: 259-274
  • Herguera J. C. (1992) Deep-sea benthic foraminifera and biogenic opal: glacial to postglacial productivity changes in the western equatorial Pacific. Mar. Micropaleontol. 19: 79-98
  • Herguera J. C., Berger W. H. (1991) Paleoproductivity from benthic foraminifera abundance: Glacial to postglacial change in the west-equatorial Pacific. Geology 19: 1173-1176
  • Hua Q., Barbetti M. (2004) Review of tropospheric bomb 14C data for carbon cycle modeling and age calibration purposes. Radiocarbon 46: 1273-1298
  • Itou M., Noriki S. (2002) Shelf fluxes of solution-resistant planktonic foraminifers as a proxy for mixed-layer depth. Geoph. Res. Lett. 29: 19-1-19-4
  • Jorissen F. J., De Stigter H. C., Widmark J. G. (1995) A conceptual model explaining benthic foraminiferal microhabitats. Mar. Micropaleontol. 26: 3-15
  • Jorissen F. J., Fontanier C., Thomas E. (2007) Chapter Seven Paleoceanographical Proxies Based on Deep-Sea Benthic Foraminiferal Assemblage Characteristics. Dev. Mar. Geol. 1: 263-325
  • Jorissen F. J., Wittling I. (1999) Ecological evidence from live-dead comparisons of benthic foraminiferal faunas off Cape Blanc (Northwest Africa). Palaeogeogr. Palaeocl. 149: 151-170
  • Johannessen T., Jansen E., Flatoy A., Ravelo A. C. (1994) The relationship between surface water masses, oceanographic fronts, and paleoclimatic proxies in surface sediments of the Greenland, Iceland, Norwegian Seas. Nato ASI Series 117: 61-85
  • Kaufman D., Ager T., Anderson N., Anderson P., Andrews J., Bartlein P., Brubaker L., Coats L., Cwynar L., Duvall M., Dyke A., Edwards M., Eisner W., Gajewski K., Geirsdottir A., Hu F., Jennings A., Kaplan M., Kerwin M., Lozhkin A., MacDonald G., Miller G., Mock C., Oswald W., Otto-Bliesner B., Porinchu D., Ruhland K., Smol J., Steig E., Wolfe B. (2004) Holocene thermal maximum in the western Arctic (0-180°W). Quaternary Sci. Rev. 23: 529-560
  • Kim J. H., Rimbu N., Lorenz S. J., Lohmann G., Nam S. I., Schouten S., Ruhllemann C., Schneider R. R. (2004) North Pacific and North Atlantic sea-surface temperature variability during the Holocene. Quaternary Sci. Rev. 23: 2141-2154
  • Koutsikopoulos C., Le Cann B. (1996) Physical processes and hydrological structures related to the Bay of Biscay anchovy. Sci. Mar. 60: 9-19
  • Kroon D., Steens T., Troelstra S. R. (1991) 13. Onset of monsoonal upwelling in western Arabian Seas as revealed by planktonic foraminifers. In: Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), (Eds. W. L. Prell, N. Niitsuma et al.), 117: 257-263
  • Kuhnt T., Howa H., Schmidt S., Marie L., Schiebel R. (2013) Flux dynamics of planktic foraminiferal tests in the south-eastern Bay of Biscay (northeast Atlantic margin). J. Marine Syst. 109- 110: 169-181
  • Lamb H. F., Eicher U., Switsur V. R. (1989) An 18,000-year record of vegetation, lake-level and climatic change from Tigalmamine, Middle Atlas, Morocco. J. Biogeogr. 16: 65-74
  • Lambeck K., Yokoyama Y., Purcell T. (2002) Into and out of the Last Glacial Maximum: sea-level change during Oxygen Isotope Stages 3 and 2. Quaternary Sci. Rev. 21: 343-360
  • Lampert L. (2001) Dynamique saisonniere et variabilite pigmentaire des populations phytoplanctoniques dans l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne). Ph.D. Thesis, Universite de Bretagne occidentale, Brest, France
  • Le Cann B., Serpette A. (2009) Intense warm and saline upper ocean inflow in the southern Bay of Biscay in autumn-winter 2006-2007. Cont. Shelf Res. 29: 1014-1025
  • Liu K. K., Dittert N. (2010) Web-based electronic supplements, Appendix C. In: Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes in Continental Margins, (Eds. K. K. Liu, L. Atkinson, R. A. Quinones, L. Talaue- McManus). Springer, Berlin http://cmtt.pangaea.de/ [October 2, 2012]
  • Longhurst A. R. (2007) Ecological geography of the sea. Academic Press
  • Loubere P., Gary A. (1990) Taphonomic process and species microhabitats in the living to fossil assemblage transition of deeper water benthic foraminifera. Palaios 5: 375-381
  • Marchal O., Cacho I., Stocker T. F., Grimalt J. O., Calvo E., Martrat B., Shackleton N., Vautravers M., Cortijo E., Van Kreveld S., Andersson C., Koc N., Chapman M., Sbaffi L., Duplessy J.-C., Sarnthein M., Turon J.-L., Duprat J., Jansen E. (2002) Apparent long-term cooling of the sea surface in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean during the Holocene. Quaternary Sci. Rev. 21: 455-483
  • Martins V., Jouanneau J. M., Weber O., Rocha F. (2006a) Tracing the late Holocene evolution of the NW Iberian upwelling system. Mar. Micropaleontol. 59: 35-55
  • Martins V., Patinha C., Ferreira da Silva E., Jouanneau J. M., Weber O., Rocha F. (2006b) Holocene record of productivity in the NW Iberian continental shelf. J. Geochem. Explor. 88: 408-411
  • Mayewski P.A., Rohling E. E., Curt Stager J., Karlen W., Maasch K. A., David Meeker L., Meyerson E. A., Gasse F., Van Kreveld S., Holmgren K., Lee-Thorp J., Rosqvist G., Rack F., Staubwasser M., Schneider R. R., Steig E. J. (2004) Holocene climate variability. Quaternary Res. 62: 243-255
  • Migeon S., Weber O., Faugeres J.-C., Saint-Paul J. (1998) SCOPIX: a new X-ray imaging system for core analysis. Geo-Mar. Lett. 18: 251-255
  • McCave I. N., Manighetti B., Robinson S. G., (1995) Sortable silt and fine sediment size/composition slicing: Parameters for pal- aeocurrent speed and palaeoceanography. Palaeoceanograph. 10: 593-610
  • Mojtahid M., Griveaud C., Fontanier C., Anschutz P., Jorissen F. J. (2010) Live benthic foraminiferal faunas along a bathymetrical transect (140-4800 m) in the Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Rev. Micropal. 53: 139-162
  • Mojtahid M., Frans J., Garcia J., Schiebel R., Michel E., Eynaud F., Gillet H., Cremer M., Ferreiro P. D., Siccha M., Howa H. (2013) High resolution Holocene record in the southeastern Bay of Biscay: global versus regional signals. Palaeogeogr. Palaeocl. 377: 28-44
  • Mouret A., Anschutz P., Deflandre B., Chaillou G., Hyacinthe C., Deborde J., Etcheber H., Jouanneau J.-M., Gremare A., Lecroart P. (2010) Oxygen and organic carbon fluxes in sediments of the Bay of Biscay. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I. 57: 528-540
  • Murray J. W. (2006) Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. Cambridge University Press
  • Murray J. W., Alve E. (1999) Natural dissolution of modern shallow water benthic foraminifera: taphonomic effects on the palaeoecological record. Palaeogeogr. Palaeocl. 146: 195-209
  • Naughton F., Bourillet J. F., Sanchez Goni M. F., Turon J. L., Jouanneau J. M. (2007) Long-term and millennial-scale climate variability in northwestern France during the last 8850 years. The Holocene 17: 939-953
  • Oldfield F. (2003) Introduction: the Holocene, a special time. In: Global Change in the Holocene, (Eds. A. Mackay, R. Battarbee, J. Birks, F. Oldfield). Arnold, London, 1-9
  • Oppo D. W., McManus J. F., Cullen J. L. (2003) Palaeo-oceanography: Deepwater variability in the Holocene epoch. Nature 422: 277-277
  • Ortiz J. D., Mix A. C., Collier R. W. (1995) Environmental control of living symbiotic and asymbiotic foraminifera of the California Current. Paleoceanograph. 10: 987-1009
  • Pena L. D., Frances G., Diz P., Esparza M., Grimalt J. O., Nombela M. A., Alejo I. (2010) Climate fluctuations during the Holocene in NW Iberia: High and low latitude linkages. Cont. Shelf Res. 30: 1487-1496
  • Penaud A., Eynaud F., Voelker A., Kageyama M., Marret F., Turon J.-L., Blamart D., Mulder T., Rossignol L. (2011) Assessment of sea surface temperature changes in the Gulf of Cadiz during the last 30 ka: implications for glacial changes in the regional hydrography. Biogeosciences 8: 2295-2316
  • Pingree R. D., Le Cann B. (1992) Three anticyclonic Slope Water Oceanic eDDIES (SWODDIES) in the southern Bay of Biscay in 1990. Deep-Sea Res. 39: 1147-1175
  • Polyak L., Alley R. B., Andrews J. T., Brigham-Grette J., Cronin T. M., Darby D. A., Dyke A. S., Fitzpatrick J. J., Funder S., Holland M. (2010) History of sea ice in the Arctic. Quaternary Sci. Rev. 29: 1757-1778
  • Puillat I., Lazure P., Jegou A.-M., Lampert L., Miller P. I. (2004) Hydrographical variability on the French continental shelf in the Bay of Biscay, during the 1990s. Cont. Shelf Res. 24: 1143-1163
  • Pujol C. (1980) Les foraminiferes planctoniques de l'Atlantique Nord au Quaternaire. Ecologie-Stratigraphie-Environnement. Universite Bordeaux I, 254
  • Reimer P. J., Baillie M. G., Bard E., Bayliss A., Beck J. W., Blackwell P. G., Ramsey C. B., Buck C. E., Burr G. S., Edwards R. L. (2009) IntCal09 and Marine09 radiocarbon age calibration curves, 0-50,000 years cal BP. Radiocarbon 51: 1111-1150
  • Retailleau S., Eynaud F., Mary Y., Abdallah V., Schiebel R., Howa H. (2012) Canyon heads and river plumes: How might they influence neritic planktonic foraminifera communities in the SE Bay of Biscay? J. Foramin. Res. 42: 257-269
  • Retailleau S., Howa H., Schiebel R., Lombard F., Eynaud F., Schmidt S., Jorissen F., Labeyrie L. (2009) Planktic foraminiferal production along an offshore-onshore transect in the southeastern Bay of Biscay. Cont. Shelf Res. 29: 1123-1135
  • Retailleau S., Schiebel R., Howa H. (2011) Population dynamics of living planktic foraminifers in the hemipelagic southeastern Bay of Biscay. Mar. Micropaleontol. 80: 89-100
  • Rimbu N., Lohmann G., Lorenz S. J., Kim J. H., Schneider R. R. (2004) Holocene climate variability as derived from alkenone sea surface temperature and coupled ocean-atmosphere model experiments. Clim. Dynam. 23: 215-227
  • Ruddiman W. F., Ellis E. C. (2009) Effect of per-capita land use changes on Holocene forest clearance and CO 2 emissions. Quaternary Sci. Rev. 28: 3011-3015
  • Schiebel R., Schmuker B., Alves M., Hemleben C. (2002) Tracking the recent and Late Pleistocene Azores front by the distribution of planktic foraminifers. J. Mar. Syst. 37: 213-227
  • Schmidt S., Howa H., Mouret A., Lombard F., Anschutz P., Labeyrie L. (2009) Particle fluxes and recent sediment accumulation on the Aquitanian margin of Bay of Biscay. Cont. Shelf Res. 29: 1044-1052
  • Stow D. A. V., Piper D. J. W. (1984) Deep-water fine-grained sediments: facies models. Geolog. Soc., London, Special Publications 15: 611-646
  • Thornalley D. J. R., Elderfield H., McCave I. N. (2009) Holocene oscillations in temperature and salinity of the surface subpolar North Atlantic. Nature 457: 711-714
  • Thornalley D. J. R., Elderfield H., McCave I. N. (2011) Reconstructing North Atlantic deglacial surface hydrography and its link to the Atlantic overturning circulation. Global Planet. Change 79: 163-175
  • Tisnerat-Laborde N., Poupeau J. J., Tannau J. F., Paterne M. (2001) Development of a semi-automated system for routine preparation of carbonate samples. Radiocarbon 43: 299-304
  • Tolderlund D. S., Be A. W. (1971) Seasonal distribution of planktonic foraminifera in the western North Atlantic. Micropaleontology 17: 297-329
  • Toucanne S., Zaragosi S., Bourillet J.-F., Naughton F., Cremer M., Eynaud F., Dennielou B. (2008) Activity of the turbidite levees of the Celtic-Armorican margin (Bay of Biscay) during the last 30,000 years: imprints of the last European deglaciation and Heinrich events. Mar. Geol. 247: 84-103
  • van Aken H. M. (2000a) The hydrography of the mid-latitude northeast Atlantic Ocean: I: The deep water masses. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I. 47: 757-788
  • van Aken H. M. (2000b) The hydrography of the mid-latitude Northeast Atlantic Ocean: II: The intermediate water masses. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I. 47: 789-824
  • van Aken H. M. (2001) The hydrography of the mid-latitude Northeast Atlantic Ocean: III: The subducted thermocline water mass. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I. 48: 237-267
  • van Aken H. M. (2002) Surface currents in the Bay of Biscay as observed with drifters between 1995 and 1999. Deep-Sea Res. Pt. I. 49: 1071-1086
  • Volkmann R. (2000) Planktic foraminifers in the outer Laptev Sea and the Fram Strait - Modern distribution and ecology. J. Foramin. Res. 30: 157-176
  • Walton W. R.(1952) Techniques for recognition of living foraminifera. J. Foramin. Res. 3: 56-60
  • Wanner H., Beer J., Butikofer J., Crowley T. J., Cubasch U., Fluckiger J., Goosse H., Grosjean M., Joos F., Kaplan J. O. (2008) Mid-to Late Holocene climate change: an overview. Quaternary Sci. Rev. 27: 1791-1828