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Catalog of modern Greater North Sea foraminifera
It is based on dead assemblages which may contain older than extant specimens.
So far 1.122 specimens are integrated, representing 336 species (58 sp.) based on samples from 126 stations.
Catalog of Greater North Sea Foraminifera
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Planned activities in 2026/2027

Acquisition of samples from the English Channel and UK East coast
Filling the gaps between the taxa photographed (336) and reported (590)
Writing a short paper on the online catalog.

Latest activity:

Hesemann, M.; Wiberg, D. H. 2025: Foraminiferal finds in 76 sediment samples from the Skagerrak
and the North Sea sampled during MAREANO cruises 2022118, 2023001005 and 2023001009.
Norges geologiske undersøkelse NGU report 2025016. Doi: Full paper PDF