Larger foraminifera and sedimentation around Fongafale Island, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu

Coral Reefs

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 445-454

  Collen, J D ^a   Garton, D W ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate sediments; Fongafale Island; Funafuti Atoll; Larger foraminifera; Sedimentation Tuvalu

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENTATION;

FUNAFUTI; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TUVALU;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BACULOGYPSINA SPHAERULATA; CALCARINA; CHLOROPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA; HALIMEDA; MARGINOPORA VERTEBRALIS; MOLLUSCA; SORITES; SORITES MARGINALIS;

EID: 4944250700     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-004-0396-8     Document Type: Article

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