RT Journal Article
T1 Distribución de los Foraminíferos bentónicos recientes en el estuario de Tina Menor (Cantabria)
T1 Distribution of recent benthic foraminifera in Tina Menor estuary (Cantabria)
A1 Pascual, Ana
A1 Martínez García, Blanca
A1 Rodríguez Lázaro, Julio
A1 Martín Rubio, Maite
AB With the aim to describe the recent distribution of the benthic foraminifers, 17 samples from sedimentsof the Tina Menor estuary (Cantabria, N Spain) have been analysed. A total of 50 species have beenidentified 30 of which bearing numerous living individuals in the time of sampling; this biocenoses reachesthe 43.5% of the total picked specimens. Lobatula lobatula and Rosalina globularis form the main assemblagein the outer estuary with marine influence. Miliammina fusca dominates the mud flats and marshes of themid estuary. Ammonia tepida, Cribroelphidium williamsoni and Haynesina germanica generally live in theeuryhaline upper estuary. The elevated percentage of Miliammina fusca characterizes Tina Menor in relationwith other estuaries from Cantabria. The high amount of sand, even in the mud flats with or withoutvegetation, could be the responsible of this elevated percentage. The occurrence of euryhaline benthicforaminifer species in sandy-silty sediments of the mid estuary, far from their natural habitat, evidencesfresh water surgences located in the contact between Quaternary materials from the estuary and quartzitesand limestones of the Paleozoic
YR 2009
FD 2009
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/7962
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/7962
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DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026