Mid-lower bathyal benthic foraminifera of the Campos Basin, Southeastern Brazilian margin: Biotopes and controlling ecological factors

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 40-57

  de Mello e Sousa, Silvia Helena ^a   Passos, Raquel Fernanda ^a   Fukumoto, Marina ^a   da Silveira, Ilson Carlos Almeida ^a   Figueira, Rubens Cesar Lopes ^b   Koutsoukos, Eduardo A M ^c   de Mahiques, Michel Michaelovitch ^a   Rezende, Carlos Eduardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CRUZEIRO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Brazilian continental margin; Ecology; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

BATHYAL ZONE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOTOPE; HABITAT SELECTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CAMPOS BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOLIVINA; CASSIDULINA LAEVIGATA; CIBICIDOIDES KULLENBERGI; EPISTOMINELLA EXIGUA; EPONIDES; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOCASSIDULINA SUBGLOBOSA; LENTICULINA CULTRATA; RHABDAMMINA; RHIZAMMINA; UVIGERINA PROBOSCIDEA;

EID: 33749480589     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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