Limited membership in Pleistocene reef coral assemblages from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea: Constancy during global change

Paleobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 152-176

  Pandolfi, John M ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GLOBAL CHANGE; PALAEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; REEF; TAXONOMY;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, HUON PENINSULA;

EID: 0030455538     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300016158     Document Type: Article

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