Foraminiferal Biomonitoring (FOBIMO) Protocol

The FOBIMO Initiative was established in 2010 to promote the use of benthic foraminifera as efficient monitoring tool.

Table from Schoenfeld et al., 2012. FOBIMO Protocol Mandatory and Advisory recommendations 

For more informations check the papers: 

Schönfeld, J., Alve, E., Geslin, E., Jorissen, F., Korsun, S., & Spezzaferri, S. (2012). The FOBIMO (FOraminiferal BIo-MOnitoring) initiative—Towards a standardised protocol for soft-bottom benthic foraminiferal monitoring studies. Marine Micropaleontology, 94, 1-13.

Alve, E., Korsun, S., Schönfeld, J., Dijkstra, N., Golikova, E., Hess, S., Husum, K., Panieri, G. (2016). Foram-AMBI: A sensitivity index based on benthic foraminiferal faunas from North-East Atlantic and Arctic fjords, continental shelves and slopes. Marine Micropaleontology, 122, 1-12.

Jorissen, F., Nardelli, M. P., Almogi-Labin, A., Barras, C., Bergamin, L., Bicchi, E., El Kateb, A., Ferraro, L., McGann, M., Morigi, C., Romano, E., Sabbatini, A., Schweizer, M., Spezzaferri, S., (2018). Developing Foram-AMBI for biomonitoring in the Mediterranean: Species assignments to ecological categories. Marine Micropaleontology, 140, 33-45.