Seasonal variation in the flux of planktic foraminifera: Sediment trap results from the Bay of Bengal, Northern Indian Ocean

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-19

  Guptha, M V S ^a,b   Curry, W B ^c   Ittekkot, V ^a   Muralinath, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINA RUBESCENS; GLOBIGERINELLA AEQUILATERALIS; GLOBIGERINITA GLUTINATA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA DUTERTREI;

EID: 0030642439     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.27.1.5     Document Type: Article

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