Factors influencing the distribution of Subantarctic deep-sea benthic foraminifera, Campbell and Bounty Plateaux, New Zealand

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-166

  Hayward, Bruce W ^a   Grenfell, Hugh R ^a   Sabaa, Ashwaq T ^a   Neil, Helen L ^b  

^a Geomarine Research   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bounty Plateau; Campbell Plateau; carbon flux; deep sea benthic foraminifera; species associations

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CARBON FLUX; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD SUPPLY; FOSSIL RECORD; HIGH ENERGY ENVIRONMENT; MICROFOSSIL; OCEANIC FRONT; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SUBMARINE PLATEAU; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

AUSTRALASIA; BOUNTY PLATEAU; CAMPBELL PLATEAU; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ALABAMINELLA WEDDELLENSIS; BOLIVINA ROBUSTA; CASSIDULINA CARINATA; EHRENBERGINA; EPISTOMINELLA EXIGUA; FORAMINIFERA; GAVELINOPSIS; GLOBOCASSIDULINA CANALISUTURATA; GLOBOCASSIDULINA CRASSA; GLOBOCASSIDULINA SUBGLOBOSA; NUTTALLIDES; TRIFARINA ANGULOSA;

EID: 33846556027     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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