Distribution of recent benthic foraminifera on the Sunda Shelf (South China Sea)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 171-195

  Szarek, Renata ^a   Kuhnt, Wolfgang ^b   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^c   Kitazato, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Division Biology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Distribution patterns; Recent benthic foraminifera; South China Sea; Sunda Shelf

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOFACIES; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SILT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES POOL; WATER DEPTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; NATUNA BESAR; NATUNA ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RIAU; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA SHELF;

AMMOMASSILINA ALVEOLINIFORMIS; ASTEROROTALIA; BULIMINA MARGINATA; CIBICIDES LOBATULUS; CIBICIDOIDES PACHYDERMA; FORAMINIFERA; PLANULINA; TEXTULARIA; TEXTULARIA LYTHOSTROTA;

EID: 33750941770     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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