Sediment microhabitat effects on carbon stable isotopic signatures of microcosm-cultured benthic foraminifera

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 680-688

  Chandler, G Thomas ^a   Williams, Douglas F ^a   Spero, Howard J ^b   Xiaodong, Gao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA BECCARII; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0029833377     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.4.0680     Document Type: Article

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