Foraminifera from the Kara and Greenland seas, and review of Arctic studies

Abstract

Analyses of the Foraminifera found in 83 bottom sediment samples from the Kara and Greenland Seas showed a combined fauna of 111 species. All the Kara samples and half the Greenland samples were taken on the Continental Shelf at depths between 82 and 640 m. The samples from deeper parts of the Greenland Sea were taken from continental slopes, basins, and rises, at depths mostly between 2,195 and 3,340 m.