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Kretschmer, K, Kucera, M and Schulz, M (2016) Modeling the distribution and seasonality of Neogloboquadrina pachydermain the North Atlantic Ocean during Heinrich Stadial 1. Paleoceanography, 31(7). 986-1010. doi:10.1002/2015PA002819
Morard, R, Escarguel, G, Weiner, AKM, André, A, Douady, CJ, Wade, CM, Darling, KF, Ujiié, Y, Seears, HA, Quillévéré, F, de Garidel-Thoron, T, de Vargas, C and Kucera, M (2016) Nomenclature for the nameless: a proposal for an integrative molecular taxonomy of cryptic diversity exemplified by planktonic foraminifera. Systematic Biology, 65(5). 925-940. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syw031
Venancio, IM, Franco, D, Belem, AL, Mulitza, S, Siccha, M, Albuquerque, ALS, Schulz, M and Kucera, M (2016) Planktonic foraminifera shell fluxes from a weekly resolved sediment trap record in the southwestern Atlantic: Evidence for synchronized reproduction. Marine Micropaleontology, 125. 25-35. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2016.03.003
Schmidt, C, Morard, R, Prazeres, M, Barak, H and Kucera, M (2016) Retention of high thermal tolerance in the invasive foraminifera Amphistegina lobifera from the Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf of Aqaba. Marine Biology, 163(11). 228. doi:10.1007/s00227-016-2998-4
Maiorano, P, Girone, A, Marino, M, Kucera, M and Pelosi, N (2016) Sea surface water variability during the Mid-Brunhes inferred from calcareous plankton in the western Mediterranean (ODP Site 975). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 459. 229-248. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.07.006
Weinkauf, MFG, Kunze, JG, Waniek, JJ and Kucera, M (2016) Seasonal variation in shell calcification of planktonic Foraminifera in the NE Atlantic reveals species-specific response to temperature, productivity, and optimum growth conditions. PLOS ONE, 11(2). e0148363. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148363
Titelboim, D, Almogi-Labin, A, Herut, B, Kucera, M, Schmidt, C, Hyams-Kaphzan, O, Ovadia, O and Abramovich, S (2016) Selective responses of benthic foraminifera to thermal pollution. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 105(1). 324-336. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.02.002
Morard, R, Reinelt, M, Chiessi, CM, Groeneveld, J and Kucera, M (2016) Tracing shifts of oceanic fronts using the cryptic diversity of the planktonic foraminiferaGloborotalia inflata. Paleoceanography, 31(9). 1193-1205. doi:10.1002/2016PA002977
Munz, PM, Siccha, M, Lückge, A, Böll, A, Kucera, M and Schulz, H (2015) Decadal-resolution record of winter monsoon intensity over the last two millennia from planktic foraminiferal assemblages in the northeastern Arabian Sea. The Holocene, 25(11). 1756-1771. doi:10.1177/0959683615591357
Spezzaferri, S, Kucera, M, Pearson, PN, Wade, BS, Rappo, S, Poole, CR, Morard, R and Stalder, C (2015) Fossil and genetic evidence for the polyphyletic nature of the planktonic foraminifera "Globigerinoides", and description of the new genus Trilobatus. PLOS ONE, 10(5). e0128108. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128108
Weiner, AKM, Weinkauf, MFG, Kurasawa, A, Darling, KF and Kucera, M (2015) Genetic and morphometric evidence for parallel evolution of the Globigerinella calida morphotype. Marine Micropaleontology, 114. 19-35. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2014.10.003
Morard, R, Darling, KF, Mahé, F, Audic, S, Ujiié, Y, Weiner, AKM, André, A, Seears, HA, Wade, CM, Quillévéré, F, Douady, CJ, Escarguel, G, de Garidel-Thoron, T, Siccha, M, Kucera, M and de Vargas, C (2015) PFR2: a curated database of planktonic foraminifera 18S ribosomal DNA as a resource for studies of plankton ecology, biogeography and evolution. Molecular Ecology Resources, 15(6). 1472-1485. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12410
Schmidt, C, Morard, R, Almogi-Labin, A, Weinmann, AE, Titelboim, D, Abramovich, S and Kucera, M (2015) Recent invasion of the symbiont-bearing foraminifera Pararotalia into the eastern Mediterranean facilitated by the ongoing warming trend. PLOS ONE, 10(8). e0132917. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132917
Lopes, C, Kucera, M and Mix, AC (2014) Climate change decouples oceanic primary and export productivity and organic carbon burial. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(2). 332-335. doi:10.1073/pnas.1410480111
Schmidt, C, Kucera, M and Uthicke, S (2014) Combined effects of warming and ocean acidification on coral reef Foraminifera Marginopora vertebralis and Heterostegina depressa. Coral Reefs, 33(3). 805-818. doi:10.1007/s00338-014-1151-4
Waelbroeck, C, Kiefer, T, Dokken, T, Chen, MT, Spero, HJ, Jung, S, Weinelt, M, Kucera, M and Paul, A (2014) Constraints on surface seawater oxygen isotope change between the Last Glacial Maximum and the Late Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 105. 102-111. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.09.020
Hessler, I, Harrison, SP, Kucera, M, Waelbroeck, C, Chen, MT, Andersson, C, de Vernal, A, Fréchette, B, Cloke-Hayes, A, Leduc, G and Londeix, L (2014) Implication of methodological uncertainties for Mid-Holocene sea surface temperature reconstructions. Climate of the Past, 10. 2237-2252. doi:10.5194/cpd-10-1747-2014
Weiner, AKM, Weinkauf, MFG, Kurasawa, A, Darling, KF, Kucera, M and Grimm, GW (2014) Phylogeography of the tropical planktonic foraminifera lineage Globigerinella reveals isolation inconsistent with passive dispersal by ocean currents. PLoS ONE, 9(3). e92148. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0092148
Enge, AJ, Witte, U, Kucera, M and Heinz, P (2014) Uptake of phytodetritus by benthic foraminifera under oxygen depletion at the Indian margin (Arabian Sea). Biogeosciences, 11(7). 2017-2026. doi:10.5194/bg-11-2017-2014
Girone, A, Maiorano, P, Marino, M and Kucera, M (2013) Calcareous plankton response to orbital and millennial-scale climate changes across the Middle Pleistocene in the western Mediterranean. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 392. 105-116. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.09.005
Henehan, MJ, Rae, JWB, Foster, GL, Erez, J, Prentice, KC, Kucera, M, Bostock, HC, Martínez-Botí, MA, Milton, JA, Wilson, PA, Marshall, BJ and Elliott, T (2013) Calibration of the boron isotope proxy in the planktonic foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber for use in palaeo-CO2 reconstruction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 364. 111-122. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.12.029
Bahr, A, Schönfeld, J, Hoffmann, J, Voigt, S, Aurahs, R, Kucera, M, Flögel, S, Jentzen, A and Gerdes, A (2013) Comparison of Ba/Ca and δ18O_WATER as freshwater proxies: A multi-species core-top study on planktonic foraminifera from the vicinity of the Orinoco River mouth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 383. 45-57. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.036
Kucera, M and cruise participants (2013) Cruise report of RV Sonne Cruise SO226-3. DipFIP - The extent and structure of cryptic diversity inmorphospecies of planktonic Foraminifera of the Indopacific Warm Pool. Wellington - Kaohsiung,04.03.2013 - 28.03.2013. Berichte aus dem MARUM und dem Fachbereich Geowissenschaften der Universität Bremen, 293. MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Universität Bremen. urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00103212-11
Morard, R, Quillévéré, F, Escarguel, G, de Garidel-Thoron, T, de Vargas, C and Kucera, M (2013) Ecological modeling of the temperature dependence of cryptic species of planktonic Foraminifera in the Southern Hemisphere. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 391. 13-33. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.05.011
Milker, Y, Rachmayani, R, Weinkauf, MFG, Prange, M, Raitzsch, M, Schulz, M and Kucera, M (2013) Global and regional sea surface temperature trends during Marine Isotope Stage 11. Climate of the Past, 9(5). 2231-2252. doi:10.5194/cp-9-2231-2013
Telford, RJ, Li, C and Kucera, M (2013) Mismatch between the depth habitat of planktonic foraminifera and the calibration depth of SST transfer functions may bias reconstructions. Climate of the Past, 9(2). 859-870. doi:10.5194/cp-9-859-2013
André, A, Weiner, A, Quillévéré, F, Aurahs, R, Morard, R, Douady, CJ, de Garidel-Thoron, T, Escarguel, G, de Vargas, C and Kucera, M (2013) The cryptic and the apparent reversed: lack of genetic differentiation within the morphologically diverse plexus of the planktonic foraminifer Globigerinoides sacculifer. Paleobiology, 39. 21-39. doi:10.1666/0094-8373-39.1.21
Moller, T, Schulz, H and Kucera, M (2013) The effect of sea surface properties on shell morphology and size of the planktonic foraminifer Neogloboquadrina pachyderma in the North Atlantic. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 391. 34-48. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.08.014
Thuy, B, Gale, AS, Kroh, A, Kucera, M, Numberger-Thuy, LD, Reich, M and Stöhr, S (2012) Ancient origin of the modern deep-sea fauna. PLoS ONE, 7. e46913. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046913
Enge, AJ, Kucera, M and Heinz, P (2012) Diversity and microhabitats of living benthic foraminifera in the abyssal Northeast Pacific. Marine Micropaleontology, 96-97. 84-104. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2012.08.004
Weiner, A, Aurahs, R, Kurasawa, A, Kitazato, H and Kucera, M (2012) Vertical niche partitioning between cryptic sibling species of a cosmopolitan marine planktonic protist. Molecular Ecology, 21. 4063-4073. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05686.x
van Raden, UJ, Groeneveld, J, Raitzsch, M and Kucera, M (2011) Mg/Ca in the planktonic foraminifera Globorotalia inflata and Globigerinoides bulloides from Western Mediterranean plankton tow and core top samples. Marine Micropaleontology, 78(3-4). 101-112. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.11.002
Enge, AJ, Nomaki, H, Ogawa, NO, Witte, U, Moeseneder, MM, Lavik, G, Ohkouchi, N, Kitazato, H, Kucera, M and Heinz, P (2011) Response of the benthic foraminiferal community to a simulated short-term phytodetritus pulse in the abyssal North Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 438. 129-142. doi:10.3354/meps09298
MARGO Project Members, Waelbroeck, C, Paul, A, Kucera, M, Rosell-Melé, A, Weinelt, M, Schneider, RR, Mix, AC, Abelmann, A, Armand, LK, Bard, E, Barker, S, Barrows, TT, Benway, HM, Cacho Lascorz, I, Chen, MT, Cortijo, E, Crosta, X, de Vernal, A, Dokken, T, Duprat, J, Elderfield, H, Eynaud, F, Gersonde, R, Hayes, A, Henry, M, Hillaire-Marcel, C, Huang, CC, Jansen, E, Juggins, S, Kallel, N, Kiefer, T, Kienast, M, Labeyrie, LD, Leclaire, H, Londeix, L, Mangin, S, Matthiessen, J, Marret, F, Meland, MY, Morey, AE, Mulitza, S, Pflaumann, U, Pisias, NG, Radi, T, Rochon, A, Rohling, EJ, Sbaffi, L, Schäfer-Neth, C, Solignac, S, Spero, H, Tachikawa, K and Turon, JL (2009) Constraints on the magnitude and patterns of ocean cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum. Nature Geoscience, 2(2). 127-132. doi:10.1038/ngeo411
Numberger, L, Hemleben, C, Hoffmann, R, Mackensen, A, Schulz, H, Wunderlich, JM and Kucera, M (2009) Habitats, abundance patterns and isotopic signals of morphotypes of the planktonic foraminifer Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea since the Marine Isotopic Stage 12. Marine Micropaleontology, 73(1-2). 90-104. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.07.004
Otto-Bliesner, BL, Schneider, RR, Brady, EC, Kucera, M, Abe-Ouchi, A, Bard, E, Braconnot, P, Crucifix, M, Hewitt, CD, Kageyama, M, Marti, O, Paul, A, Rosell-Melé, A, Waelbroeck, C, Weber, SL, Weinelt, M and Yu, Y (2009) A comparison of PMIP2 model simulations and the MARGO proxy reconstruction for tropical sea surface temperatures at last glacial maximum. Climate Dynamics, 32. 799-815. doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0509-0
Steinke, S, Yu, PS, Kucera, M and Chen, MT (2008) No-analog planktonic foraminiferal faunas in the glacial southern South China Sea: Implications for the magnitude of glacial cooling in the western Pacific warm pool. Marine Micropaleontology, 66(2). 71-90. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.07.008
Fraile, I, Schulz, M, Mulitza, S and Kucera, M (2008) Predicting the global distribution of planktonic foraminifera using a dynamic ecosystem model. Biogeosciences, 5. 891-911. doi:10.5194/bg-5-891-2008
Sarnthein, M, van Kreveld, SA, Erlenkeuser, H, Grootes, PM, Kucera, M, Pflaumann, U and Schulz, M (2003) Centennial-to-millennial-scale periodicities of Holocene climate and sediment injections off western Barents shelf, 75°N. Boreas, 32(3). 447-461. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3885.2003.tb01227.x
MacLeod, KG, Huber, BT, Pletsch, T, Röhl, U and Kucera, M (2001) Maastrichtian foraminiferal and paleoceanographic changes on Milankovitch time scales. Paleoceanography, 16(2). 133-154. doi:10.1029/2000PA000514
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