Recent planktonic foraminiferal distribution patterns and their relation to hydrographic conditions of the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexican Pacific

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-119

  Machain Castillo, Maria L ^a   Monreal Gómez, Maria A ^a   Arellano Torres, Elsa ^a   Merino Ibarra, Martín ^a   González Chávez, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Eastern Tropical Pacific; Nutrients; Ocean dynamics; Planktonic foraminifera; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HYDROGRAPHY; PHOSPHORITE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PROTOZOAN; QUATERNARY; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UPWELLING; WARM WATER; WATER COLUMN;

GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINITA GLUTINATA; GLOBOROTALIA MENARDII; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA DUTERTREI;

EID: 37249084547     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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