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Research Article

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 2

Comparative morphological and ecological data for each cluster/subcluster for G. bulloides.
Clusters Subclusters Morphological parametersEcological parameters
Avg. test size (µm)Avg. MPS (µm)Avg. number of chambersAvg. dextrality (%)Avg. SST (°C)Avg. SSS ()Avg. nitrate (psu)Avg. phosphate (psu)Avg. dissolved O2 (mg/L)
A 357.3315.1910.2370.3114.6134.774.144.075.34
B 247.658.3410.2167.3220.5535.031.892.394.82
 B1238.038.2310.5454.2921.2735.080.481.684.71
 B2240.277.789.7382.8521.1134.770.583.104.87
 B3264.669.0210.3664.8319.2735.234.292.564.90