Microendoliths of the Shallow Euphotic Zone in open and shaded habitats at 30°N - Eilat, Israel - Paleoecological implications

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Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-55

  Gektidis, Marcos ^a   Dubinsky, Zvi ^b,c   Goffredo, Stefano ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Eilat; Key ichnotaxa; Microendolith; Paleo bathymetry; Red Sea; ShallowEuphotic Zone

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIOEROSION; CARBONATE; EUPHOTIC ZONE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PALEOECOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER;

ASIA; EILAT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

CONCHOCELIS; DACTYLUS; FILOSEA; HYELLA BALANI; OSTREOBIUM QUEKETTII; RHOPALIA;

EID: 33846845018     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-006-0091-z     Document Type: Article

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