Distribution of recent calcareous benthic foraminifera in the northern North Sea and relation to the environment

Polar Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 275-282

  Klitgaard Kristensen, Dorthe ^a   Sejrup, Hans Petter ^a   Haflidason, Haflidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH SEA;

BULIMINA MARGINATA; CASSIDULINA LAEVIGATA; CIBICIDES LOBATULUS; FORAMINIFERA; HYALINEA BALTHICA; HYALINEA BALTICA; ROSALINA; TRIFARINA ANGULOSA; UVIGERINA MEDITERRANEA;

EID: 0036922575     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2002.tb00081.x     Document Type: Article

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