Relationship of benthic foraminiferal diversity to paleoproductivity in the Neogene Caribbean

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 223-245

  Jain, Sreepat ^a   Collins, Laurel S ^b   Hayek, Lee Ann C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminiferal diversity; Late Neogene; Paleoproductivity; Western Caribbean

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; NEOGENE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EPISTOMINELLA EXIGUA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 35348939083     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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