Identification of natural sunken wood samples

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 6, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 463-468

  Pailleret, Marie ^a,b   Saedlou, Nima ^b   Palacios, Carmen ^c   Zbinden, Magali ^a   Lebaron, Philippe ^c   Gaill, Françoise ^a   Privé Gill, Catherine ^b  

^a Université Pierre et Marie Curie ^*  (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

Author keywords

First identifications; Local flora; Mediterranean sea; Sunken wood; Taiwan Philippines; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; HISTOLOGY; WOOD;

ANATOMY; ARCHIPELAGO; DEEP WATER; FAUNA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAIWAN; VANUATU;

EID: 36849021572     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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