Environmental and biological effects on the stable isotope composition of recent deep-sea benthic foraminifera from the western Mediterranean Sea

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 129-152

  Schmiedl, Gerhard ^a   Pfeilsticker, Martin ^b   Hemleben, Christoph ^b   Mackensen, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Gulf of Lions; Stable isotopes; West Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METABOLISM; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

CIBICIDOIDES; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOBULIMINA AFFINIS; GLOBOBULIMINA PSEUDOSPINESCENS; PANTHERA LEO; PEREGRINA; UVIGERINA; UVIGERINA MEDITERRANEA; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA;

EID: 16544384119     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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