Living coccolithophores in the northern Arabian Sea: Ecological tolerances and environmental control

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 157-181

  Andruleit, Harald ^a   Stäger, Sabine ^a   Rogalla, Ulf ^a   Čepek, Pavel ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Coccolithophores; Ecology; Environmental parameters; Monsoon; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

COCCOLITH; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALCIOPAPPUS; CALCIOSOLENIA MURRAYI; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; OOLITHOTUS; UMBELLOSPHAERA IRREGULARIS; UMBELLOSPHAERA TENUIS;

EID: 1642304082     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(03)00049-5     Document Type: Article

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