The shells of Etheria elliptica as recorders of seasonality at Lake Victoria

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 215-219

  Abell, Paul I ^a   Amegashitsi, Leo ^a   Ochumba, Peter B O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Fisheries Research Institute   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHERIA ELLIPTICA; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; OYSTER; PALAEOCLIMATE; SEASONALITY; SHELL GROWTH;

AFRICA, LAKE VICTORIA;

ETHERIA ELLIPTICA;

EID: 0029668297     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(95)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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