A review of the Carboniferous colonisation of non-marine environments by ostracods

Senckenbergiana Lethaea

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-46

  Bennett, Carys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Colonisation; Non marine; Ostracoda; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CHRONOLOGY; COLONIZATION; FEEDING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; OSMOREGULATION; OSTRACOD; PARTHENOGENESIS; PENNSYLVANIAN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILURIAN; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDLAND VALLEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CANDONA; CAVELLINA; CYPRIDOPSIS; DARWINULA; OSTRACODA; PARAPARCHITES; SPIRORBIDAE;

EID: 49549105824     PISSN: 00372110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043976     Document Type: Review

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