Ecological controls on stromatolite development in a modern reef environment: a test of the ecological refuge paradigm

Carbonates and Evaporites

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-65

  Steneck, R S ^a   Miller, T E ^a   Reid, R P ^b   Macintyre, I G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; REEF FORMATION; STROMATOLITE;

BAHAMAS; STOCKING ISLAND;

SCHIZOTHRIX;

EID: 0032100961     PISSN: 08912556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175434     Document Type: Article

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