Morphological deformities of benthic foraminiferal tests in response to pollution by heavy metals: Implications for pollution monitoring

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-200

  Yanko, Valentina ^a   Ahmad, Muna ^b   Kaminski, Michael ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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