The temporal resolution of epibiont assemblages: Are they ecological snapshots or overexposures?

Journal of Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-324

  Rodland, David L ^a   Kowalewski, Michał ^a,b   Carroll, Monica ^a,c   Simões, Marcello G ^a,d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRACHIOPOD; EPIBIONT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAPHONOMY;

BOUCHARDIA ROSEA;

EID: 33744797637     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501221     Document Type: Article

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