Secular increase in nutrient levels through the Phanerozoic: Implications for productivity, biomass, and diversity of the marine biosphere

Palaios

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-219

  Martin, Ronald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; ENTOVALVA;

BIOMASS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; PHANEROZOIC; PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030439547     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515230     Document Type: Article

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