Influence of seasonal primary productivity on δ13C of North Atlantic deep-sea benthic foraminifera

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 740-746

  Corliss, B H ^a   Sun, X ^a   Brown, C W ^b   Showers, W J ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Deep sea; Foraminifera; North Atlantic; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY;

BENTHIC; FORAMINIFERA; NORTH ATLANTIC; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEAN HABITATS;

BENTHOS; CARBON FLUX; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROHABITAT; PROTIST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EPISTOMINELLA EXIGUA; FORAMINIFERA; PLANULINA;

EID: 33646159762     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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