Live benthic foraminiferal Assemblages at the Pacific continental margin of Costa Rica and Nicaragua

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-227

  Heinz, Petra ^a   Ruschmeier, Wiebke ^a   Hemleben, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARIBBEAN PLATE; COCOS PLATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA; PACIFIC COAST [CENTRAL AMERICA];

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 50049096885     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.38.3.215     Document Type: Article

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