Image of Placopsilina d'Orbigny 1850

Placopsilininae

forms

Webb 2019
calcareous ooze
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000046

Definition: Calcareous ooze is a marine sediment composed primarily of the shells--also known as tests--of foraminifera, coccolithophores, and pteropods. This is the most common pelagic sediment by area, covering 48% of the world ocean's floor. This type of ooze is limited to depths above the Carbonate Compensation Depth at time of burial. It accumulates more rapidly than any other pelagic sediment type, with a rate that varies from 0.3 - 5 cm / 1000 yr.

show all records
(dead)

latitude

OBIS environmental data records

24.6878 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

24.6878 degrees

(min)

longitude

OBIS environmental data records

-73.7997 degrees

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

-73.7997 degrees

(min)

water depth

OBIS environmental data records

312 m

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

204 m

(min)

water dissolved o2 concentration

OBIS environmental data records

4.47 mL/L

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

4.447 mL/L

(min)

water nitrate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

4.148 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

2.141 µmol/l

(min)

water o2 saturation

OBIS environmental data records

86.608 percent

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

84.498 percent

(min)

water phosphate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

0.1 µmol/l

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

0.147 µmol/l

(max)

water salinity

OBIS environmental data records

36.659 psu

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

36.536 psu

(min)

water silicate concentration

OBIS environmental data records

1.387 µmol/l

(max)
OBIS environmental data records

1.022 µmol/l

(min)

water temperature

OBIS environmental data records

18.363 degrees celsius

(min)
OBIS environmental data records

20.14 degrees celsius

(max)