Polycystine radiolarians in surface sediments from the Bering Sea Green Belt area and their ecological implication for paleoenvironmental reconstructions

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 135-152

  Wang, Rujian ^a   Xiao, Wenshen ^a   Li, Qianyu ^a,b   Chen, Ronghua ^c  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Bering Sea Green Belt; depth distribution pattern; radiolarian assemblage; surface productivity; surface sediments

Indexed keywords

LOW TEMPERATURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MELTWATER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTOZOAN; SURFACE WATER;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTARCTISSA; CERATOSPYRIS BOREALIS; CYCLADOPHORA DAVISIANA; PHORMACANTHA; PLECTACANTHA; PSEUDODICTYOPHIMUS GRACILIPES; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS); SPONGOTROCHUS GLACIALIS;

EID: 33646345614     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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