Organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts and benthic foraminifera in coastal sediments of the last century from the Gulf of Tehuantepec, South Pacific Coast of Mexico

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 49-65

  Vasquez Bedoya L F ^a   Radi, T ^b   Ruiz Fernandez A C ^a   de Vernal, A ^b   Machain Castillo, M L ^a   Kielt, J F ^b   Hillaire Marcel, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; Benthic foraminifera; Dinoflagellate cysts; Eutrophication; Gulf of Tehuantepec; Pacific coast; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HETEROTROPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UPWELLING;

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

BITECTATODINIUM SPONGIUM; BRIGANTEDINIUM; CANCRIS; CASSIDULINA; DINOPHYCEAE; EPISTOMINELLA; FORAMINIFERA; HANZAWAIA; NONIONELLA BISISPINATA; PLANULINA ORNATA; PYRODINIUM BAHAMENSE VAR. COMPRESSUM; QUINQUELOCULINA LAMARCKIANA; SPINIFERITES; TEXTULARIA FOLIACEA; UVIGERINA EXCELLENS;

EID: 47949133356     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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