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Growth of the spinose planktonic foraminifer Orbulina universa in laboratory culture and the effect of temperature on life processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

David A. Caron ,
Walter W. Faber Jr  and
Allan W. H. Bé
David A. Caron
Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Woods Hole, Massuchusetts 02543, U.S.A.
Walter W. Faber Jr
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, City College of CUNY, New York, U.S.A.
Allan W. H. Bé
Affiliation:
Dr Bé passed away on 13 October 1983. This work was begun under his direction and his name appears as an author on this manuscript in deference to his contribution.
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Orbulina universa d'Orbigny is a spinose planktonic foraminifer which occurs throughout surface waters of the tropical, subtropical and transition zones of the world ocean (Bé & Tolderlund, 1971). This species is unique among planktonic Foraminifera in that its life cycle is composed of two growth stages. The juvenile stage is a trochospiral form which is enclosed within a terminal spherical chamber in the adult stage. O. universa is relatively omnivorous, and consumes a variety of prey that range in size and quality from phytoplankton to copepods (Bé et al. 1977; Anderson et al. 1979; Spindler et al. 1984). In addition, each individual harbors several thousand zooxanthellae which presumably are an additional source of nutrition for the foraminifer (Be et al. 1977; Hemleben & Spindler, 1983; Spero & Parker, 1985).

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 67 , Issue 2 , May 1987 , pp. 343 - 358
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1987

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