Living foraminiferal assemblages from the Southern California margin: A comparison of the > 150, 63-150, and > 63 μm fractions

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 54-77

  Shepherd, Amanda S ^a   Rathburn, Anthony E ^a,b   Pérez, M Elena ^a,c  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

benthic ecology; benthic foraminifera; microhabitats; seasonality; Southern California Bight

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; MICROHABITAT; PALEOECOLOGY; PATCHINESS; SEASONALITY;

CALIFORNIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

BOLIVINA; BOLIVINA PACIFICA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOBULIMINA; NONIONELLA FRAGILIS; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA;

EID: 34548840556     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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