Live (Rose Bengal stained) and dead benthic foraminifera from the oxygen minimum zone of the Pakistan continental margin (Arabian Sea)

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-73

  Schumacher, Stefanie ^a   Jorissen, Frans J ^a   Dissard, Delphine ^a   Larkin, Kate E ^b   Gooday, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; dead benthic foraminifera; live (Rose Bengal stained); oxygen minimum zone

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MICROHABITAT; MONSOON; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; OXYGENATION; SEDIMENT; WATER DEPTH;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

BOLIVINA; BOLIVINA DILATATA; FORAMINIFERA; UVIGERINA;

EID: 33845583920     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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