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The top panel shows distribution of Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (left coiling) as a percent of total foraminifer population based on surface water temperature obtained from satellite data. Abundances of this species increase in water below 8°C. The lower panel shows an abrupt change in N. pachyderma coiling direction from left to right when the surface water warms above 8°C.

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