Scleroecology: Implications for ecotypical dwarfism in oxygen-restricted environments (Middle Devonian, Rheinisches Schiefergebirge)

Senckenbergiana Lethaea

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-41

  Schöne, Bernd R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shales; Dwarfism; Germany; Middle Devonian; Otomari Event; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BLACK SHALE; DEVONIAN; FISH; PALEOECOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EIFEL; GERMANY;

EID: 0342424269     PISSN: 00372110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043212     Document Type: Article

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