Benthic foraminifers from the continental shelf and slope of the Gulf of Mexico: An indicator of shelf hypoxia

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-35

  Osterman, Lisa E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglutinated; Benthic; Dissolution; Foraminifera; Gulf of Mexico; Hypoxia; Oceanography

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYPOXIA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GULF OF MEXICO;

BULIMINELLA; BULIMINELLA MORGANI; EPISTOMINELLA; EPISTOMINELLA VITREA; FORAMINIFERA; PSEUDONONION; PSEUDONONION ATLANTICUM; VITREA;

EID: 0242309018     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00352-9     Document Type: Article

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