Biodiversity of foraminifera and other protists in the deep sea: Scales and patterns

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-80

  Gooday, Andrew J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Foraminifera; Paleoceanography; Protist; Xenophyophore

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORAMINIFERA; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTIST;

EID: 0032810455     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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