The incorporation rate of Zn into the calcareous tests of Pseudotriloculina rotunda was investigated in culture in order to evaluate the possibility of using Zn/Ca ratios as a pollution proxy. Foraminifera were incubated at zinc concentrations up to 10-fold higher than unpolluted seawater (sea + 10 mg Zn/L) during 70 days. New calcite was investigated under the Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM), for potential alteration of test structure. Laser ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) was used to quantify Zn contents. The analyses revealed that test structure is not visibly altered by the presence of zinc. However, significant Zn incorporation is detected by the LA-ICP-MS. The zinc partition coefficient, DZn, decreases at increasing Zn concentrations (from 4.03 ± 0.06 to 0.2 ± 0.01) and the zinc is incorporated into the calcite not necessarily linearly.

Zinc incorporation in the miliolid foraminifer Pseudotriloculina rotunda under laboratory conditions / Nardelli, M. P.; Malferrari, Daniele; Ferretti, Annalisa; Bartolini, A.; Sabbatini, A.; Negri, A.. - In: MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY. - ISSN 0377-8398. - STAMPA. - 126:(2016), pp. 42-49. [10.1016/j.marmicro.2016.06.001]

Zinc incorporation in the miliolid foraminifer Pseudotriloculina rotunda under laboratory conditions

MALFERRARI, Daniele;FERRETTI, Annalisa;
2016

Abstract

The incorporation rate of Zn into the calcareous tests of Pseudotriloculina rotunda was investigated in culture in order to evaluate the possibility of using Zn/Ca ratios as a pollution proxy. Foraminifera were incubated at zinc concentrations up to 10-fold higher than unpolluted seawater (sea + 10 mg Zn/L) during 70 days. New calcite was investigated under the Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM), for potential alteration of test structure. Laser ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) was used to quantify Zn contents. The analyses revealed that test structure is not visibly altered by the presence of zinc. However, significant Zn incorporation is detected by the LA-ICP-MS. The zinc partition coefficient, DZn, decreases at increasing Zn concentrations (from 4.03 ± 0.06 to 0.2 ± 0.01) and the zinc is incorporated into the calcite not necessarily linearly.
2016
126
42
49
Zinc incorporation in the miliolid foraminifer Pseudotriloculina rotunda under laboratory conditions / Nardelli, M. P.; Malferrari, Daniele; Ferretti, Annalisa; Bartolini, A.; Sabbatini, A.; Negri, A.. - In: MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY. - ISSN 0377-8398. - STAMPA. - 126:(2016), pp. 42-49. [10.1016/j.marmicro.2016.06.001]
Nardelli, M. P.; Malferrari, Daniele; Ferretti, Annalisa; Bartolini, A.; Sabbatini, A.; Negri, A.
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