Communities and microhabitats of living benthic foraminifera from the tropical East Atlantic: Impact of different productivity regimes

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-31

  Licari, L N ^a   Schumacher, S ^a   Wenzhofer F ^b,c   Zabel, M ^d   Mackensen, A ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0037217003     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/0330010     Document Type: Article

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