Comparing species diversity in the modern and fossil record of lakes

Journal of Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 703-717

  Gierlowski Kordesch, Elizabeth H ^a   Park, Lisa E ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL ANALOG; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAPHONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 12144272821     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424578     Document Type: Article

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