Cambrian food web: A brief review

Geobios

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 181-188

  Debrenne, Françoise ^a   Zhuravlev, A Yu ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Cambrian; Trophic web

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342740654     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(97)80023-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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