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This chapter records the benthonic foraminifera associated with a biogenic gas seep in the North Sea. A sample from an actively seeping site contains a benthonic foraminiferal assemblage statistically distinct from that of a control site. The distinctions are in terms of, firstly, abundance, diversity and dominance, secondly, taxonomic composition, and thirdly, proportions of epifaunal (surface-dwelling) and infaunal (sediment-dwelling) morphotypes.
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Jones, R.W. (1993). Preliminary Observations on Benthonic Foramininera Associated with Biogenic Gas Seep in the North Sea. In: Jenkins, D.G. (eds) Applied Micropalaeontology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0763-3_3
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