Experiments on predation, substrate preference and colonization of benthic Foraminifera at the shelfbreak off the Ft. Pierce Inlet, Florida
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Buzas, MA, Collins, LS, Richardson, SL et al. (1989). Experiments on predation, substrate preference and colonization of benthic Foraminifera at the shelfbreak off the Ft. Pierce Inlet, Florida
. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH, 19(2), 146-152. 10.2113/gsjfr.19.2.146
Buzas, MA, Collins, LS, Richardson, SL et al. (1989). Experiments on predation, substrate preference and colonization of benthic Foraminifera at the shelfbreak off the Ft. Pierce Inlet, Florida
. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH, 19(2), 146-152. 10.2113/gsjfr.19.2.146
Predation significantly reduces foraminiferal densities. Some mud is probably necessary to maintain foraminiferal populations, though once colonization had taken place, particle size was not an important influence. -from Authors