Planktonic Foraminifera from south-western Atlantic epipelagic waters: Abundance, distribution and year-to-year variations

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-213

  Boltovskoy, Esteban ^c   Boltovskoy, Demetrio ^a   Brandini, Frederico ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CHLOROPHYLL A; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPICS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; FORAMINIFERA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINA QUINQUELOBA; GLOBIGERINITA UVULA; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER; GLOBIGERINOIDES TRILOBUS; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 0034106971     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315499001794     Document Type: Article

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