Recent benthic foraminifera from the eastern South Atlantic Ocean: Dependence on food supply and water masses

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 249-287

  Schmiedl, G ^a,c   Mackensen, A ^a   Muller P J ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Biogeography; Ecology; Living; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGE; ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; FORAMINIFERA; FORAMINIFERA ASSEMBLAGE; ORGANIC MATTER FLUX; WATER MASS; WATER MASSES;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTHEAST);

BOLIVINA; BOLIVINA DILATATA; BOLIVINITA; BOLIVINITA PSENDOTHALMANNI; BULIMINA ALAZANENSIS; BULIMINA COSTATA; BULIMINA MEXICANA; CASSIDULINA LAEVIGATA; CIBICIDOIDES; CIBICIDOIDES KULLENBERGI; CULTER; EPISTOMINELLA EXIGUA; FORAMINIFERA; MELONIS BARLEEANUM; MELONIS POMPILIOIDES; MELONIS ZAANDAMAE; NUTTALLIDES; OSANGULARIA; OSANGULARIA CULTER; PEREGRINA; PSAMMOSPHAERA; RECTUVIGERINA; RECTUVIGERINA CYLINDRICA; REOPHAX BILOCULARIS; RHIZAMMINA; UVIGERINA AUBERIANA; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA;

EID: 0030778847     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(97)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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