Reconstructing the phytoplankton community of the Cariaco Basin during the Younger Dryas cold event using chlorin steryl esters

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Dahl, Kristina A ^a   Repeta, Daniel J ^a   Goericke, R ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cariaco Basin; Chlorin steryl esters; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CORE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 18344414360     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000907     Document Type: Article

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