Impact of interrelated and interdependent ecological controls on benthic foraminifera: An example from the Gulf of Guinea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 213-238

  Altenbach, Alexander Volker ^a   Lutze, Gerhard Friedrich ^b   Schiebel, Ralf ^c   Schönfeld, Joachim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ETH Zürich ^*  (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep sea; Eastern equatorial Atlantic; Environment; Neontology; Shelf; Slope

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 0041851196     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00463-2     Document Type: Article

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