Phytoplankton dynamics in the eastern Mediterranean Sea during Marine Isotopic Stage 5e

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 235, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 28-47

  Giunta, Simona ^a   Negri, Alessandra ^a   Maffioli, Paola ^b   Sangiorgi, Francesca ^c   Capotondi, Lucilla ^d   Morigi, Caterina ^a   Principato, Maria Speranza ^b   Corselli, Cesare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannoplankton; Diatoms; Dinoflagellate cysts; Eastern Mediterranean Sea; Eemian; Sapropel

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT; STRATIFICATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOCEROS; CYCLOTELLA; DIATOMELLA; DINOPHYCEAE; DIPLONEIS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; FLORISPHAERA PROFUNDA; GEPHYROCAPSA; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; GLADIOLITHUS FLABELLATUS; LINGULODINIUM MACHAEROPHORUM; MIRABILIS; PSEUDOSOLENIA CALCAR-AVIS; SPINIFERITES; SPINIFERITES MIRABILIS; THALASSIONEMA; THALASSIONEMA FRAUENFELDII; THALASSIONEMA NITZSCHIOIDES;

EID: 33646341999     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.09.022     Document Type: Article

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