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Recent Marsh-Type Agglutinated Foraminifera from Inland Salt Springs, Manitoba, Canada

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Paleoecology, Biostratigraphy, Paleoceanography and Taxonomy of Agglutinated Foraminifera

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Four foraminiferal species and nine species of arcellaceans (thecamoebians) are documented from fresh and salt-water marshes, salt flats, and salt springs in the vicinity of Lake Winnipegosis, Manitoba. As this region was never in contact with the ocean, the close similarity of the foraminiferal fauna to marsh assemblages inhabiting coastal James and Hudson Bays suggests colonization via avian transport. The replacement of a Cribroelphidium gunteri dominated fauna in the area by a Jadammina macrescens dominated fauna during the last 5000 years may have been the result of climatic deterioration and/ or a change in the migratory pattern of birds. Large numbers of Glomospira sp., found at only a single locality, are not readily referable to any known species. These specimens are either ecophenotypic variants of a coastal Glomospira species or they may represent a new species.

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  1. Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Center and Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada

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  2. Center For Marine Geology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5, Canada

    David B. Scott

  3. Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, 190 Rupert Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 0N2, Canada

    W. Brian McKillop

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Patterson, R.T., Scott, D.B., McKillop, W.B. (1990). Recent Marsh-Type Agglutinated Foraminifera from Inland Salt Springs, Manitoba, Canada. In: Hemleben, C., Kaminski, M.A., Kuhnt, W., Scott, D.B. (eds) Paleoecology, Biostratigraphy, Paleoceanography and Taxonomy of Agglutinated Foraminifera. NATO ASI Series, vol 327. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3350-0_27

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