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The calcareous nannoplankton represents a group of major components of the oceanic phytoplankton, situated at the base of the trophic chain. The evolution pattern of these organisms is relevant in the past geological record and nowadays, for several research fields, such as: marine biology, marine geology, biogeochemistry, micropaleontology, biostratigraphy as well as paleogeographic and paleoclimatic reconstructions, including the paleoenvironmental ones. Taking into account that the calcareous nannoplankton spec...

The oldest Romanian research focused on the Romanian Black Sea continental shelf was published in the volume The Sulina Arm. An outlet to sea (Danube European Commission, 1856). At the beginning of the 20th Century, The Marine Map ? Romania?s coastline was elaborated by Catuneanu. Additionally, biologists, geographers and geologists, such as Grigore Antipa, Ion Borcea, Constantin Bratescu, and Radu Ciocardel, among many others, initiated significant studies within the Romanian continental shelf in the first decade...