Organic and siliceous protistan scales in north-east Atlantic abyssal sediments

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 679-688

  Gooday, Andrew J ^a   Esteban, Genoveva F ^b   Clarke, Ken J ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DETRITUS; FLAGELLATE; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PROTIST; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; PORCUPINE ABYSSAL PLAIN; TASMANIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHRYSOCHROMULINA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; DOLICHOMASTIX; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MERINGOSPHAERA; PARAPHYSOMONAS VESTITA; PROTISTA; THAUMATOMASTIX;

EID: 33745129720     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406013567     Document Type: Article

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