I am a palaeoceanographer and I am interested in the changes of planktonic foraminifera shell weights. I have identified a relationship between ocean density and shell weights. This new promising discovery revealed a dependency of pelagic carbonate production to changes in the thermohaline structure of the ocean body.
Study of Atlantic and Mediterranean foraminifera shell stable isotopic (δ18Ο, δ13C) and trace element (Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca) composition.
Computer tomographic analysis of calcite shells with both laboratory and Synchrotron X-ray light sources.
Study the controls on biomineralization and contribute to our understanding of the response of planktonic calcifiers to ocean acidification.
Scanning electron and X-ray microscopy are ideal assets to study the spatiality of the exoskeletons and understand their construction plan.
