Water temperature, salinity ranges and ecological significance of the three families of Recent cold-water ostracods in and around the Japan Sea

Paleontological Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-28

  Ozawa, Hirokazu ^a   Kamiya, Takahiro ^b   Itoh, Hiromitsu ^c   Tsukawaki, Shinji ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold water ostracods; Ecology; Japan Sea; Omma Manganji fauna; Recent; Relict species; Water temperature salinity range

Indexed keywords

OSTRACODE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RELICT SPECIES; SALINITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

CYTHERURIDAE; EUCYTHERIDAE; HEMICYTHERIDAE; OSTRACODA;

EID: 3042644651     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/prpsj.8.11     Document Type: Article

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