Calcareous dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments from the Mediterranean Sea: Distribution patterns and influence of main environmental gradients

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 321-354

  Meier, K J Sebastian ^a   Willems, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcareous cysts; Dinoflagellate; Ecology; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS ALGA; DINOFLAGELLATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

COCCOIDEA; DINOPHYCEAE; THORACOSPHAERA HEIMII;

EID: 0038348471     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(03)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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