Morphotypes of the foraminiferan Homotrema rubrum (lamarck): Distribution and relative abundance on reefs in Bermuda

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 261-276

  Elliott, J M ^a,b   Logan, A ^a   Thomas, M L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FORAMINIFERA; MORPHOTYPE; ONTOGENY; ORGANISM MORPHOLOGY; REEF COMMUNITIES;

BERMUDA;

HOMOTREMA RUBRUM;

EID: 0029667789     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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