Dinoflagellate cysts from sediment traps deployed in the Bellingshausen, Weddell and Scotia seas, Antarctica

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-99

  Harland, Rex ^a,b   Pudsey, Carol J ^c  

^a DinoData Services   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biogeography; Dinoflagellate cysts; Modern; Sediment traps

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ICE MARGIN; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRAP;

BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; SCOTIA SEA; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0033178367     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(99)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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