Bioindicators of past and present environments Download Programme (PDF 348 KB), Abstracts (PDF 1.3 MB), Poster (PDF 3.5 MB), For more details (schedule, programme, registration, travel and accommodation etc.) please visit the Tübingen website or contact Gabi Trommer See also below for programme and abstracts Programme Wednesday, 14th May   18:00 – 21:00 Registration & Icebreaker Reception in the paleontological museum Thursday, 15th May    8:00 Registration 8:50 Welcome by Michal Kucera Chair: Daniela Schmidt 9:00 SCHULZ, KAI - Coccolithophorid calcification in a high CO2 ocean: from organism to ecosystem 9:30 Nomaki, Hidetaka - Particulate versus dissolved organic matter uptake by deep-sea benthic foraminifera revealed by in situ 13C-labeling experiments 9:50 Bouchet, Vincent - Combining benthic foraminifera and macrofauna for assessing a foraminifera biotic index 10:10 Goineau, Aurélie - Live (stained) benthic foraminifera from the Rhône prodelta: environmental controls and interannual variability 10:30 Coffee Break 11:00 Margreth, Stephan - Benthic Foraminifera as bioindicators for active cold-water coral mounds: Results from the Porcupine and Rockall Banks in the North Atlantic 11:20 Milker, Yvonne - Distribution of Recent and subrecent shallow-water benthic foraminifera in the Western Mediterranean Sea: Development of a transfer function for quantitative sea level reconstructions 11:40 de Nooijer, Lennart - Foraminiferal calcification and the role of intracellular pH 12:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break - Poster Session 1 Chair: Karl-Heinz Baumann 14:30 GROENEVELD, JEROEN - Salinity influence on planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca: A case study from the Red Sea 15:00 Kisakürek, Basak - Calcium isotope fractionation in foraminifera 15:20 Hathorne, Ed - Test surface coatings of planktonic foraminifera investigated with single pulse laser ablation (LA) ICP-MS 15:40 Morard, Raphaël - Morphometric and stable isotope (δ13C, δ18O) analyses of planktonic foraminiferal cryptic species: new perspectives for paleoceanographic reconstructions 16:00 Aurahs, Ralf - Distribution patterns of cryptic and pseudo-cryptic species in Globigerinoides ruber and Globigerinoides conglobatus in the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea 16:20 Tea Break 16:40 Rigual Hernández, Andrés - Seasonal evolution of the foraminifer fluxes in the Northwest Mediterranean based on the study of a 12-year-long sediment trap record 17:00 Wit, Jos - Seasonality in the Mediterranean Sea: A calibration study using paired single specimen D18O and Mg/Ca measurements of G. ruber alba 17:20 Zarrieß, Michelle - Productivity and ventilation variability off NW Africa during the last 30,000 years 17:40 Owen, Nick - Assemblages of foraminifera at the continental slope off Western Ireland – influence of variations in bottom current strength and positioning   19: 30 Conference Dinner at the “Kelter” Friday, 16th May Chair: Tom Dunkley Jones 9:00 BEAUFORT, LUC - Effect of ocean carbonate chemistry on Isochrysidales (Coccolithophore) calcification: studies from present and past oceans 9:30 Simón-Baile, Débora - Stable Isotope record in Pleistocene Coccoliths Recovered in Western Mediterranean and North-Western Africa 9:50 Stolz, Katharina - Coccolith assemblages and coccolith isotope signals as a proxy for the reconstruction of the Last Glacial in the North Atlantic 10:10 Saavedra-Pellitero, Mariem - Coccolithophorid assemblage variations in ODP site 1233 (South Pacific) covering the last 70 kyr, focusing on Termination I 10:30 Coffee Break 11:00 Mejía-Molina, Alejandra - Relationship between coccolithophore assemblage and dust supply during Heinrich Events in the Eastern tropical Atlantic 11:20 Lupi, Claudia - Pleistocene climate events in the SW Pacific Ocean: biotic and geochemical evidences 11:40 Ivanova, Elena - Carbonate microfossil assemblages of the Eastern Equatorial Pacific: evidence of bioproductivity and circulation changes over the last 250 kyr 12:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break - Poster Session 2 Chair: Petra Heinz 14:30 BORNEMANN, ANDRE - Stable isotope studies on Cretaceous planktic foraminifera from Demerara Rise – implications for depth habitat, photosymbiosis and paleotemperature reconstructions   15:00 Speijer, Robert - 3D-imaging and quantification of foraminifera with high-resolution X-ray CT 15:20 Holcová, Katarína - Can Island biogeography work also in paleobiogeography? 15:40 Benjamini, Chaim - Pre- vs. post-Suezsymbiont-bearing larger foraminifera in the Mediterranean – Refugia vs. Lessepsian migration 16:00 Ashckenazi-Polivoda, Sarit - Paleobiological Implication of the Latest Cretaceous Oil Shale Sequence in Israel as Inferred from Foraminifera 16:20 Tea Break 16:40 Vestergaard – Laursen, Gitte - A case story of a multi-disciplinary approach from deep-water clastic deposits Offshore Nigeria; Methodology and Applications 17:00 Stassen, Peter - Foraminiferal response to abrupt warming during the PETM, a reconstruction of a coastal paleoenvironment in Tunisia 17:20 Giraldo Gómez, Victor Manuel - Paleoenvironmental reconstruction with foraminifera during the middle – late Albian of the Villeta Formation (Tetuan Member) in the Upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia 17:40 Casellato, Cristina - Calpionellid and Calcareous Nannofossil Evolution and Calcification across Tithonian-Berriasian Interval (Thetys Ocean) 18:00 Closing remarks & farewell   Saturday, 17th May   9:00 Field Trip Poster Sessions Session 1: Thursday, 15th May 1 Alcántara-Carrió, J. (Diz*) Combined analysis of grain size, mineralogy and foraminifera content to determine the sediment source area and geomorphological evolution for a costal Aeolian environment 2 Arieli, Ruthie The effect of thermal pollution on benthic foraminiferal assemblages, in the Mediterranean shore face adjacent to Hadera power plant (Israel) 3 Ní Fhlaithearta, Shauna Variations in bottom water trace metal concentrations during the deposition of sapropel S1, as derived from benthic foraminifera 4 Broggy, Teresa Coiling ratios of Globorotalia truncatulinoides in the western Mediterranean Sea during the Holocene 5 Diz, Paula Taphonomic effects on the benthic foraminiferal paleoecological record of the Ría de Vigo (NW Spain) 6 Drinia, Hara Benthic foraminiferal assemblages in the Plio-Pleistocene restricted environment of the Kritika Member (Rhodes Island, Greece) 7 Geslin, Emmanuelle Oxygen Respiration rates of benthic foraminifera measured under laboratory conditions using oxygen microelectrodes 8 Harbers,Almuth Time series observations of planktonic foraminifera in the NE Atlantic Ocean (Porcupine Seabight) 9 Hoffmann, Ramona Coccolithophorid and calcareous dinoflagellate species fluxes in the vicinity of the Azores Front (33°N 22°W) during 2003/2004: a sediment trap investigation 10 Kaminski, Michael Integrated foraminiferal and nannofossil biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Campanian of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania (Dambovita Valley) 11 Kitazato, Hiroshi Roles of agglutinated foraminifera in benthic ecosystem; evidences and speculations 12 Koho, Karoliina Sedimentary labile organic carbon and redox control on species distribution of benthic foraminifera: A case study from Lisbon-Setúbal Canyon 13 Leiter, Carola Benthic Foraminifera of the Benguela Upwelling System as potential denitrifyers 14 Linshy, V. N. Benthic foraminifera as bio indicators of marine pollution 15 Loncaric, N. (Howa*) Seasonal record of foraminiferal export fluxes in the Bay of Biscay 16 Mojtahid, Meryem Benthic foraminifera as bio-indicators of drill cutting disposals 17 Moller, Tobias Biometric Analysis of phenotypic variation in recent Neogloboquadrina pachyderma in the 18northern Atlantic Ocean, its usability as a proxy for SST and its application to glacial Atlantic Ocean 18 Numberger, Lea Habitats of Globigerinoides ruber (d’Orbigny) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea since the Marine Isotopic Stage 12 19 Retailleau, Sophie Living planktic foraminifera in hemi-pelagic environments 20 Scherrer, Sandra Combining morphological with genetic characters: Single cell analysis on coccolithophores from plankton filter samples 21 Schönfeld, Joachim Time series observations of planktonic foraminifera in the NE Atlantic Ocean (Porcupine Seabight) 22 Schweizer, Magali Molecular identification of an Ammonia species (Foraminifera, Rotaliida) from the Kiel Fjord (Germany) 23 Schweizer, Magali How similar are morphological and genetic diversities recognizable on a typical plankton filter? 24 Toyofuku, Takashi A new model of foraminiferal calcification pathways in shallow benthic foraminifera: miliolids vs. hyaline species 25 Trattenero, Iacopo The evolutive turnover of benthic foraminifera in the images Site 97-2114 (SW Pacific Ocean) During the middle Pliestocene Transition 26 Trommer, Gabriele Multi-proxy reconstruction of Holocene paleoceanography in the Red Sea 27 Van Kerckhoven, Liesbeth Causes of Cenozoic evolution of deep-sea benthic foraminifera 28 Polovodova, Irina                       Foraminiferal test abnormalities as proxies of environmental change in SW Baltic Sea Session 2: Friday, 16th May 1 Cetean, Claudia Integrated foraminiferal and nannofossil biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Campanian of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania (Dambovita Valley) 2 Abdolalipour, Samere Benthonic and planktonic foraminiferal transformation in Campanian- Maastrichtian boundary in Jorband Section- North of Iran 3 Asgharian, Masoud (Abdol.*) Planktonic foraminifera response to sudden global warm temperature in late Maastrichtian, Ziyarat Kola, Alborz Mountain, Iran 4 Dunkley Jones, Tom Exceptionally well-preserved calcareous nannofossils from the Paleogene of coastal Tanzania – an update 5 Daniel, Thomas Micropalaeontological reconstruction of Holocene environmental changes in the archaeological excavation site Stralsund Ozeaneum, southern Baltic Sea 6 Gressier, Vincent The 13C positive excursion of the Valanginian/Hauterivian interval. Comparison of bulk carbonate, photic zone and diagenetic records in Vocontian Basin (SW France) 7 Hermoso, Michael Nannofloral Assemblage Change During the Early Toarcian Anoxic Event in the Paris Basin and Biogeochemical Insights 8 Mancin, Nicoletta Paleobathymetry of the Southalpine foreland basin (Cenozoic, NE Italy) inferred from Micropaleontological and geometrical data 9 Peryt, Danuta Palaeoenvironmental Inferences from Campanian Foraminiferal and Ostracod Assemblages from the Miechów Trough, Southern Poland 10 Sprong, J.  (Speijer*) Upper Danian ­ lower Selandian stratigraphy and paleoenvironment along a paleobathymetric transect in the Nile Valley Basin (Eastern Desert, Egypt) 11 Alonso-García, Montserrat North Atlantic paleotemperatures during the mid-Pleistocene transition based on foraminifer assemblages 12 Barry, Darren Planktonic Foraminiferal Test Size during Sapropel S5 13 Baumann, Karl-Heinz Variations in upper water-column dynamics in the North Atlantic during the last 20,000 years as revealed by coccolithophorid assemblages 14 Chistyakova, Natalia Reconstruction of the postglacial environments in the South-Western Barents Sea by variations in benthic and planktic foraminiferal assemblages and stable isotopes 15 Halligan, Sean Holocene Climate Variability in the Western Mediterranean Sea 16 Hernández-Almeida, Ivan North Atlantic Climate change during the Mid-Pleistocene (MIS 19 to MIS 31) based on foraminifer and isotopes studies in IODP Site 1314 17 Holcová, Katarína Succession of the Bryozoa-rich communities in the Middle Miocene of the Central Paratethys 18 Meier, Sebastian The laminated sapropel S5 from ODP core 971C - deciphering the seasonal productivity signal during sapropel formation 19 Mourik, Anja The Middle Miocene Climate Transition in the central Mediterranean: changing paleoenvironments as revealed by benthic foraminifera 20 Ufkes, Els Changes in SE Atlantic watermass distribution during the Mid­LatePleistocene 21 Álvarez, Garcia Identification of two ENSO-like events in the Gulf of California? 22 Barras, Christine Calibration of 18O from deep-sea benthic foraminiferal shell as a temperature proxy: laboratory results 23 Egoroff, Grégoire Exploiting the calcareous nannoplankton biogeochemistry: an asset for palaeoceanographical studies  24 Fink, Christina Geochemical and isotopic signals (Sr/Ca-ratios, stable δ13C- and δ18O-isotopes) in coccolith carbonate of different grain-size fractions in South Atlantic surface sediments 25 Friedrich, Oliver Influence of planktic foraminiferal morphotypes, shell size, and weight on Mg/Ca ratios 26 Phuong Nguyen, T.M.  (Speijer*) Experimental dissolution studies on lower Eocene foraminiferal assemblages from Egypt 27 Steinke, Stephan Test surface coatings of planktonic foraminifera investigated with single pulse laser ablation (LA) ICP-MS 28 van Raden, Ulrike Mg/Ca ratios of Globigerina bulloides and Globorotalia inflata from Core Top and Plankton Tow Samples in the Western Mediterranean Sea