Living planktic foraminifera in the central tropical Pacific Ocean: Articulating the equatorial 'cold tongue' during La Nina, 1992

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 157-174

  Watkins, James M ^a   Mix, Alan C ^a   Wilson, June ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Planktic foraminifera; Plankton; Population

Indexed keywords

'COLD TONGUE'; EQUATORIAL CIRCULATION; FORAMINIFERA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LA NINA; PLANKTONIC ASSEMBLAGE;

PACIFIC, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0032055242     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(97)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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