Response of deep-sea benthic foraminifera from the Mediterranean Sea to simulated phytoplankton pulses under laboratory conditions

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 210-227

  Heinz, Petra ^a   Kitazato, Hiroshi ^b   Schmiedl, Gerhard ^a   Hemleben, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADERCOTRYMA; ADERCOTRYMA GLOMERATA; ALGAE; EPISTOMINELLA; FORAMINIFERA; HIPPOCREPINA; MELONIS BARLEEANUM; PEREGRINA; TROCHAMMINA INFLATA;

EID: 0035402295     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/31.3.210     Document Type: Article

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