MODERN FORAMINIFERAL DISTRIBUTION IN THE SUBARCTIC MALANGEN FJORD AND ADJOINING SHELF, NORTHERN NORWAY

摘要

Living (stained) and dead (unstained) foraminifera have been investigated along a NW–SE transect from the inner fjord head to the adjoining shelf of the subarctic Malangen fjord, northern Norway. The outer sill of the fjord is deep and allows good exchange with water masses from the Norwegian Coastal and Norwegian Atlantic currents. The aim of this study is to elucidate the recent foraminiferal fauna and its relation to sediment properties and water mass characteristics.