Ecological transitions indicated by foraminiferal assemblages in paralic environments

Estuaries

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1107-1120

  Debenay, Jean Pierre ^a   Guillou, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FORAMINIFERA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0036972141     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02692208     Document Type: Article

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