Plankton ecology and the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic transition

Paleobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-262

  Butterfield, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOMORPHA; ACRITARCHA; ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

ACRITARCH; CAMBRIAN; PALAEOECOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; SPECIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 0031473827     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S009483730001681X     Document Type: Article

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