Vertical distributions and stable isotopic compositions of live (stained) benthic foraminifera from the North Carolina and California continental margins

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 983-1024

  McCorkle, Daniel C ^a   Corliss, Bruce H ^b   Farnham, Christie A ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CARBON; COMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ISOTOPES; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; NORTH CALIFORNIA CONTINENTAL MARGIN; NORTH CAROLINA CONTINENTAL MARGIN;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

EID: 0031171371     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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