Coccolithus pelagicus, a productivity proxy related to moderate fronts off Western Iberia

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 39, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 131-155

  Cachao M ^a   Moita, M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Inst de Investigacao das P   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecology; Living; Nannofossils; North east Atlantic; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PORTUGAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE;

BIOINDICATOR; COLD WATER; NANNOPLANKTON; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; QUATERNARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE;

COCCOLITHUS PELAGICUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033920812     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(00)00018-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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