Laboratory experiment to study the effect of salinity variations on benthic foraminiferal species - Pararotalia nipponica (Asano)

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-46

  Nigam, Rajiv ^a   Saraswat, Rajeev ^a   Kurtarkar, Sujata R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Culture experiment; Dissolution; Pararotalia nipponica; PH; Retarded growth; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SALINITY;

FORAMINIFERA; PARAROTALIA NIPPONICA;

EID: 33645211881     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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