Temporal variability in living deep-sea benthic foraminifera: A review

Earth Science Reviews

Volumn 46, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 187-212

  Gooday, Andrew J ^a   Rathburn, Anthony E ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Deep sea; Oxygen; Phytodetritus; Seasonality; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEEP SEA; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0032749703     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(99)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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