WP 1 Proxy calibration in planktonic and benthic foraminifera: laboratory experiments and numerical modelling

Dr. Jelle Bijma
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
PO Box 12 01 61, D-27515 Bremerhaven, Germany
Tel: +49(0471)4831 1831
Fax: +49(0471)4831 1425
Email:Jelle.Bijma(at)awi.de

Co-workers: Gernot Nehrke; Dr. Gert-Jan Reichart; Prof. Dieter Wolf-Gladrow

WP 2 Ultra-high resolution element characterisation and molecular biomarkers fingerprinting in marine biogenic carbonates (foraminifera, bivalves, coccolithophorids)

Prof. Heinrich Arlinghaus
Physikalisches Institut der Universität Münster
Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, D-48149 Münster
Tel.: +49(0251)83 39064
Fax: +49(0251)83 33682
Email: arlinghaus(at)uni-muenster.de

Co-workers: Guido Vering, Christina Crone

WP 3 Seasonality and habitat controls on benthic foraminifera (laboratory and field verification)

Dr. Gert-Jan Reichart
Faculty of Geosciences
Utrecht University
Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, the Netherlands
Tel: +31 30 253 5117
Fax:
Email: reichart(at)geo.uu.nl
Co-worker: Prof. Bert van der Zwaan

WP 4 Seasonality and habitat controls on planktonic foraminifera in natural systems (water column) - Compound specific dD analysis of alkenones and particulate organic matter

Dr. Stefan Schouten
Royal NIOZ, PO Box 59
1790 AB Den Burg
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31(0222)369300565
Fax: +31(0222)319674
Email: schouten(at)nioz.nl
Co-worker: Dr. Geert-Jan Brummer

WP 5 Proxy calibration experiments with bivalves (laboratory and field)

Prof. Frank Dehairs
Analytical and Environmental Chemistry (ANCH)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 brussels, Belgium
Tel.: +32(0)26293260
Fax: +32(0)26293274
E-mail: fdehairs(at)vub.ac.be
Co-workers: Prof. Eddy Keppens, Prof. Philippe Claeys, Prof. Johan Schoukens, Dr. Fjo de Ridder

WP 7 Ecologic controls on salt proxy incorporation into benthic foraminifera (laboratory experiments and field verification)

Prof. Frans Jorissen
Laboratory of Recent and Fossil Bio-Indicators (BIAF)
Angers University, 2 Boulevard Lavoisier,
49045 Angers Cedex, France
Tel (33) 2 41 73 53 91
Fax (33) 2 41 73 53 52
Email: frans.jorissen(at)univ-angers.fr
Co-workers: Prof. J.P. Debenay, Dr. Christophe Fontanier, Dr. Emmanuelle Geslin, Dr. Hélène Howa, Dr. Fabrice Redois

WP 8 Physiologic controls on salt proxy incorporation into bivalves (laboratory experiments and field verification)

Prof. Laurent Chauvaud, CNRS
Laboratoire des Sciences de L’Environnement Marin (LEMAR)
Place Nicolas Copernic, 29280 Plouzané, France
Tel: +33(0)298498633
Fax: +33(0)298498645
Email: laurent.chauvaud@univ-brest.fr
Co-workers: Dr. Anne Lorrain, Dr. Yves-Marie Paulet, Dr. Christine Paillard

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WP 6 Temperature-salinity dependent uptake of Mg into biogenic carbonates: Constraints from magnesium isotopes

Prof. Luc André
Section de Minéralogie-Pétrographie-géochimie
Musée Royal de l'Afrique centrale (M.R.A.C.)
Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080-Tervuren, Belgium
Tel.: +32(0)27695459
Fax: +32(0)27695432
Email: lucandre(at)africamuseum.be
Co-workers: Prof. Nadine Mattielli, Dr. Damien Cardinal and Dr Laurent Alleman

WP 9 Thermo-haline controls on past ocean changes: Verification and application of salt proxies

Prof Rainer Zahn, Dr. rer. nat. habil.
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats Associat, ICREA
Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Geologia, Departament d’ Estratigrafia
Campus de Pedralbes, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
Tel: +34 – 93 403 4884
Fax: +34 – 93 402 1340
Email: rainer(at)geo.ub.es
Co-workers: Dr. Isabel Cacho, Gema Martinez, Leopoldo Pena