Subsurface activity of benthic foraminifera in relation to porewater oxygen content: Laboratory experiments

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 91-106

  Moodley, L ^a   Van Der Zwaan, G J ^b,c   Rutten, G M W ^c   Boom, R C E ^c   Kempers, A J ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Biology; Living

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; FORAMINIFERA; MIGRATION; OXYGEN; POREWATER; SEDIMENT;

FORAMINIFERA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032103107     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(97)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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