Influence of temperature, oxygen and food availability on the migrational activity of bathyal benthic foraminifera: Evidence by microcosm experiments

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 426, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-137

  Gross, Onno ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Foraminifera; Laboratory experiments; Migration; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MIGRATION; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 0034656882     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003930831220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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