Colonization, succession, and extinction of marine floras during a glacial cycle: A case study from the Windmill Islands (east Antarctica) using biomarkers

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Hodgson, Dominic A ^a   McMinn, Andrew ^b   Kirkup, Helen ^c   Cremer, Holger ^d   Gore, Damian ^c   Melles, Martin ^e   Roberts, Donna ^b   Montiel, Pedro ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Faculty of Science and Institute of Biomembranes   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Flora; Glaciation; Ice shelves; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; COLONIZATION; EXTINCTION; GLACIATION; ICE SHELF; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; REFUGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0346271543     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002pa000775     Document Type: Article

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