Bathymetric distribution and microhabitat partitioning of live (Rose Bengal stained) benthic foraminifera along a shelf to bathyal transect in the southern Adriatic Sea

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-65

  De Stigter, H C ^a,b   Jorissen, F J ^c   Van Der Zwaan, G J ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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