Different nutrient sources forcing increased productivity during eastern Mediterranean S1 sapropel formation as reflected by calcareous dinoflagellate cysts

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Meier, K J Sebastian ^a   Zonneveld, Karin A F ^a   Kasten, Sabine ^a   Willems, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcareous dinoflagellate cysts; Mediterranean Sea; Sapropel S1

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; SAPROPEL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 18344418097     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000895     Document Type: Article

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