Global prediction of planktic foraminiferal fluxes from hydrographic and productivity data

Biogeosciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-207

  Zaric S ^a   Schulz, M ^a   Mulitza, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYDROGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; FORAMINIFERA; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENT; UPWELLING;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINELLA SIPHONIFERA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA PACHYDERMA;

EID: 33646473147     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-3-187-2006     Document Type: Article

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