Latitudinal changes in larger benthic foraminiferal assemblages in shallow-water reef sediments along the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Island Arc

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 437-454

  Sugihara, Kaoru ^a   Masunaga, Naoto ^a   Fujita, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Coral reefs; Larger foraminifera; Latitudinal changes; Ryukyu Islands; Taxonomic composition

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CORAL REEF; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHALLOW WATER; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ISHIGAKI; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KUDAKA ISLAND; KYUSHU; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OSUMI ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS; TANEGA ISLAND;

AMPHISTEGINA; ANTHOZOA; BACULOGYPSINA SPHAERULATA; CALCARINA GAUDICHAUDII; CALCARINA HISPIDA; CALCARINIDAE; FORAMINIFERA; NEOROTALIA CALCAR;

EID: 33750062267     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2006.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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