Seasonality of living benthic foraminifera from the San Pedro Basin, California Borderland

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-93

  Silva, Kevin A ^a   Corliss, Bruce H ^a   Rathburn, Anthony E ^a,b   Thunell, Robert C ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FORAMINIFERA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SEASONALITY; SIZE FRACTION;

PACIFIC, (NORTHEAST), SAN PEDRO BASIN; PACIFIC, SAN PEDRO BASIN;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0029665208     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.26.1.71     Document Type: Article

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