Living planktonic foraminifera in the eastern South Atlantic during spring: Indicators of water masses, upwelling and the Congo (Zaire) river plume

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 27-53

  Ufkes, Els ^a   Jansen, J H Fred ^a   Brummer, Geert Jan A ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Ecology; Living; Planktonic foraminifera; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; INDICATOR SPECIES; RIVER PLUMES; UPWELLING; WATER MASSES;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTH);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0032007061     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(97)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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