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The Interdependency of the Morphological Variations of the Planktonic Foraminiferal Species Globigerina bulloides in Surface Sediments on the Environmental Parameters of the Southwestern Indian Ocean

Table 1

Average values (mean as open values and range in parenthesis) of the morphological parameters of G. bulloides for each sampling location.
Sample numberLatitudeTest size (µm)
range		MPS (µm)
range		Number of chambers
range		Dextral %
SK199C/39.5045268.00
192–348		8.56
6–12		10.33
9–12		73.33
SK199C/49.4051336.82
260–442		15.72
10.4–6		10.64
9–12		54.54
SK199C/58.9917241.50
180–324		9.15
6–18		9.63
8–12		87.50
SK199C/68.1333347.90
260–429		14.55
13–26		10.48
8–13		66.66
SK199C/75.5121233.33
204–276		7.07
6–12		10.11
9–14		88.88
SK199C/13−7.3648260.14
216–312		8.99
6–18		10.71
9–13		57.14
SK199C/14−9.1790243.20
204–312		8.64
6–18		10.40
8–13		60.00
SK199C/15−11.4243238.00
156–325		7.47
6–13		9.80
8–12		80.00
SK199C/17−15.2785225.35
156–336		7.96
6–13]		11.10
8–14		50.00
SK199C/19−16.2677245.05
182–312		8.13
6.5–13		10.05
8–13		55.00
SK200/5−28.3215238.52
156–312		8.20
6.5–13		10.61
9–12		52.17
SK200/9−30.9142271.00
195–442		9.40
6.5–26		10.62
8–12		53.84
SK200/14−36.1217383.19
257.1–485.7		11.89
7.1–21.4		10.12
8–12		73.53
SK200/15−37.0000259.50
180–348		9.15
6–18		9.79
8–13		75.00
SK200/17−39.0285248.25
192–336		7.43
6–18		9.38
8–10		75.00
SK200/19−40.9813363.05
192–520		16.55
6–26		10.24
8–12		76.19
SK200/21−43.1500352.73
273–416		16.73
10.4–26		10.33
8–13		86.66
SK200/33−55.0065360.29
260–520		15.69
20.4–26		9.57
8–12		64.28