Evenness of Cambrian-Ordovician benthic marine communities in North America

Paleobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-346

  Peters, Shanan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; CAMBRIAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOECOLOGY;

EID: 4344578144     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0325:EOCBMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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