Monitoring nearshore marine environments using benthic foraminifera: Some protocols and pitfalls

Micropaleontology

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPLEMENT 1, 2000, Pages 161-169

  Schafer, C T ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0033842416     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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