Living benthic foraminifera from "la grande vasière", French atlantic continental shelf: Faunal composition and microhabitats

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-218

  Duchemin, Gérald ^a,b   Jorissen, Frans J ^a,b   Andrieux Loyer, Françoise ^c   Le Loc'H, François ^d   Hily, Christian ^d   Philippon, Xavier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b LEBIM   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; FORAMINIFERA;

ALGAE; FORAMINIFERA; NONIONELLA IRIDEA; STAINFORTHIA FUSIFORMIS;

EID: 23744514329     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/35.3.198     Document Type: Article

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