eEarth www.electronic-earth.net 1815-381X 1815-3828 3 1 2008 10.5194/ee-3-37-2008 http://www.electronic-earth.net/3/37/2008/ http://www.electronic-earth.net/3/37/2008/ee-3-37-2008.html http://www.electronic-earth.net/3/37/2008/ee-3-37-2008.pdf 37 49 2008-08-12 Foraminiferal response to environmental changes in Kiel Fjord, SW Baltic Sea A. Nikulina anikoulina@ifm-geomar.de I. Polovodova J. Schönfeld Leibniz-Institute for Marine Sciences IFM-GEOMAR, Wischhofstr. 1&ndash;3, 24148 Kiel, Germany The living benthic foraminiferal assemblages in Kiel Fjord (SW Baltic Sea) were investigated in the years 2005 and 2006. The faunal studies were accomplished by geochemical analyses of surface sediments. In general, sediment pollution by copper, zinc, tin and lead is assessed as moderate in comparison with levels reported from other areas of the Baltic Sea. 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