Comparison of coccolith and dinocyst assemblages in the northern North Atlantic: How well do they relate with surface hydrography?

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 115-135

  Solignac, Sandrine ^a   de Vernal, Anne ^a   Giraudeau, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

coccolith; dinoflagellate cyst; distribution; hydrography; multivariate analysis; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

COCCOLITH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROGRAPHY; MICROFOSSIL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 47849126388     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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