Table 1. Percentage of intact diatoms (frustule containing cytoplasm) in the foraminiferal cytoplasm.
Days | Diatoms filled with diatomic material (%) | |
---|---|---|
Oxic | Anoxic | |
1 | 75 ±11 | 91 ±8 |
3 | 17 ±10 | 73 ±22 |
7 | 0 | 28 ±22 |
14 | 0 | 17a |
28 | 0 | 47 ±46 |
a: diatoms were present only in 1 of the 3 specimens analyzed, SD could not be calculated.