Living benthic foraminifers from the central Arctic Ocean: Faunal composition, standing stock and diversity

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 153-185

  Wollenburg, Jutta E ^a   Mackensen, Andreas ^a  

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

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Benthic foraminifera; Biogeography; Living

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FORAMINIFERA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STANDING STOCK;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EPISTOMINELLA; FORAMINIFERA; KOMOKIACEA; STETSONIA;

EID: 0031791101     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(98)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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