Shell remains provide clues to historical distribution and abundance patterns in a large seagrass-associated gastropod (Strombus gigas)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 101-108

  Stoner, Allan W ^a   Ray, Melody ^a  

^a Caribbean Marine Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Death assemblage; Gastropod; Paleoecology; Strombus gigas; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

STROMBUS GIGAS; GASTROPODA;

ABUNDANCE PATTERN; DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; PALAEOECOLOGY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SHELL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

BAHAMAS;

EID: 0029669533     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps135101     Document Type: Article

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