Bibliographic citations
Maldonado, L., (2021). Caracterización de la comunidad de foraminíferos planctónicos y su asociación a masas de agua en el norte del mar peruano [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9766
Maldonado, L., Caracterización de la comunidad de foraminíferos planctónicos y su asociación a masas de agua en el norte del mar peruano []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9766
@mastersthesis{renati/910029,
title = "Caracterización de la comunidad de foraminíferos planctónicos y su asociación a masas de agua en el norte del mar peruano",
author = "Maldonado Cruzado, Lucía Elizabeth",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2021"
}
Planktonic foraminifera (PF) are unicellular organisms highly sensitive to environmental variability, they are used as (paleo)indicators of temperature variation, primary productivity, water masses, among others. However, the ecology of species present in the Peruvian sea and the SE Pacific region is poorly understood, particularly in relation to the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the main source of oceanographic variability in the area. Previous studies were based only on sediment samples, but not on a direct analysis of the community in the water column. This thesis represents the first ecological approach on living PF in Peru based on their community structure and morphometric aspects with the aim to determine water masses indicator species in the northern Peruvian sea. The frequency of sampling was bimonthly in Paita (5°S) and Chicama (7°S) for 14 months that included the mild El Niño 2019 event. Community parameters of PF were collected and the temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll-a were recorded along the first 150 meters of the water column. A total of 22 species were registered, the most representative being Neogloboquadrina dutertrei, Globigerina bulloides and Neogloboquadrina pachyderma. Both density and richness of species increased in Paita during the months of El Niño (February and April 2019). The Oxygen Minimum Zone was more intense and shallow in Chicama, that limited the distribution of some species in this locality. Surperficial species such as G. bulloides and O. universa were linked to Equatorial Surface Waters, while N. pachyderma and G. theyeri demonstrated an association with Equatorial Subsurface Waters. G. bulloides showed an increase in the mass of tests during the El Niño event. The species associations in the surperficial layer would help us to interpret the PF fossil record, we suggest to continue with the study of these communities in order to strengthen the database and therefore optimize these interpretations.
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