Calibration of the random settling technique for calculation of absolute abundances of calcareous nannoplankton

Micropaleontology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 437-442

  Geisen, Markus ^a   Bollmann, Jörg ^b   Herrle, Jens O ^c   Mutterlose, Jörg ^d   Young, Jeremy R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCCOLITH; NANNOPLANKTON; SAMPLING;

HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0033508456     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1486125     Document Type: Article

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