• Benthic foraminiferal assemblages and environmental drivers along the Kveithola Trough (NW Barents Sea) 

      Caridi, Francesca; Sabbatini, Anna; Bensi, Manuel; Kovačević, Vedrana; Lucchi, Renata Giulia; Morigi, Caterina; Povea, Patricia; Negri, Alessandra (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-14)
      We describe the population density, biodiversity and vertical distribution in the sediment of benthic foraminifera, and their relationship to environmental parameters, in the Kveithola Trough (NW Barents Sea). Two staining methods, Cell Tracker Green (CTG) and Rose Bengal (RB), were used to distinguish between living and dead tests. CTG proved to be more effective than RB, and we therefore used this ...
    • Bottom current control on sediment deposition between the Iselin Bank and the Hillary Canyon (Antarctica) since the late Miocene: An integrated seismic-oceanographic approach 

      Conte, R; Rebesco, Michele; De Santis, Laura; Colleoni, Florence; Bensi, Manuel; Bergamasco, Alessandro; Kovačević, Vedrana; Gales, Jenny A.; Zgur, Fabrizio; Accettella, Daniela; de Steur, Laura; Ursella, Laura; Mckay, Robert M.; Kim, Seongjoong; Lucchi, Renata Giulia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-05)
      In this paper we analyze how oceanic circulation affects sediment deposition along a sector of the Ross Sea continental margin, between the Iselin Bank and the Hillary Canyon, and how these processes evolved since the Late Miocene. The Hillary Canyon is one of the few places around the Antarctic continental margin where the dense waters produced onto the continental shelf, mainly through brine ...
    • Living and dead foraminiferal assemblages of the last decades from Kveithola Trough: Taphonomic processes and ecological highlights 

      Gamboa-Sojo, Viviana Maria; Husum, Katrine; Caridi, Francesca; Lucchi, Renata Giulia; Bensi, Manuel; Kovačević, Vedrana; Sabbatini, Anna; Langone, Leonardo; Dominiczak, Aleksander Tadeusz; Povea, Patricia; Morigi, Caterina (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-15)
      We examine the living and dead benthic foraminiferal assemblages from the topmost 10 cm (using 150 μm sieve fraction) of three sedimentological short records collected in the Kveithola Trough (northwest Barents Sea). Our aim is to reconstruct the environmental variations of the last decades, connected to the interaction among the North Atlantic and the Arctic water masses. Our samples are collected ...