Seasonal dynamics and decadal changes of benthic foraminiferal assemblages in the western Baltic Sea (NW Europe)

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-60

  Schönfeld, Joachim ^a   Numberger, Lea ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Baltic Sea; Environmental change; Foraminifera; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BENTHOS; DECADAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FAUNA; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIEL BIGHT;

ALGAE; AMMOTIUM CASSIS; ELPHIDIUM EXCAVATUM; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 34249907284     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.26.1.47     Document Type: Article

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