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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-844
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-844
19 Sep 2022
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Paleoecology and evolutionary response of planktonic foraminifera to the Plio-Pleistocene Intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciations

Adam Woodhouse, Frances A. Procter, Sophie L. Jackson, Robert A. Jamieson, Robert J. Newton, Philip F. Sexton, and Tracy Aze

Abstract. The Plio-Pleistocene is associated with many important climatic and paleoceanographic changes which have shaped the biotic and abiotic nature of the modern world. The closure of the Central American Seaway and the development and intensification of northern hemisphere icesheets had profound global impacts on the latitudinal and vertical structure of the oceans triggering the extinction and radiation of many marine groups. In particular, marine calcifying planktonic foraminifera, that are sensitive to water column structure, exhibited a series of extinctions as global temperatures fell. By analyzing high-resolution (~5 kyr) sedimentary records from the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean, complimented with global records from the novel Triton dataset, we document the biotic changes in this microfossil group, within which three species displayed isochronous co-extinction, and species with cold-water affinity increase in dominance. We suggest that these changes are associated with the terminal stages of the closure of the Central American Seaway and mark the initiation of a world in which cold- and deep-dwelling species became increasingly more successful.

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09 Jan 2023
Paleoecology and evolutionary response of planktonic foraminifera to the mid-Pliocene Warm Period and Plio-Pleistocene bipolar ice sheet expansion
Adam Woodhouse, Frances A. Procter, Sophie L. Jackson, Robert A. Jamieson, Robert J. Newton, Philip F. Sexton, and Tracy Aze
Biogeosciences, 20, 121–139, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-121-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-121-2023, 2023
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Adam Woodhouse et al.

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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-844', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Oct 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Adam Woodhouse, 08 Nov 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-844', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Nov 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Adam Woodhouse, 08 Nov 2022

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-844', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Oct 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Adam Woodhouse, 08 Nov 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-844', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Nov 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Adam Woodhouse, 08 Nov 2022

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (10 Nov 2022) by Petr Kuneš
AR by Adam Woodhouse on behalf of the Authors (10 Nov 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (18 Nov 2022) by Petr Kuneš
AR by Adam Woodhouse on behalf of the Authors (14 Dec 2022)

Journal article(s) based on this preprint

09 Jan 2023
Paleoecology and evolutionary response of planktonic foraminifera to the mid-Pliocene Warm Period and Plio-Pleistocene bipolar ice sheet expansion
Adam Woodhouse, Frances A. Procter, Sophie L. Jackson, Robert A. Jamieson, Robert J. Newton, Philip F. Sexton, and Tracy Aze
Biogeosciences, 20, 121–139, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-121-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-121-2023, 2023
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Adam Woodhouse et al.

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In this study, we looked into the regional and global response of planktonic foraminifera, single celled organisms which exhibits the best fossil record available to science, to the paleoclimate over the last 5 million years, when the Earth developed its northern icesheets. We document an increasing abundance of species which occupy cold waters. Moreover, closer analysis of certain species may indicate higher fossil diversity than previously thought, with implications for evolutionary studies.