The spatial and vertical distribution of living (stained) benthic foraminifera from a tropical, intertidal environment, north Queensland, Australia

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-261

  Berkeley, A ^a   Perry, C T ^a   Smithers, S G ^b   Horton, B P ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

foraminifera; infauna; intertidal; mangrove; mudflat

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELEVATION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MUDFLAT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COCOA CREEK; QUEENSLAND;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); ARENOPARRELLA MEXICANA; ELPHIDIUM; FORAMINIFERA; HAPLOPHRAGMOIDES WILBERTI; HELENINA ANDERSENI; MILIAMMINA; MILIAMMINA FUSCA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; ROSALINA; THEOBROMA CACAO; TRILOCULINA OBLONGA; TROCHAMMINA INFLATA;

EID: 53249107520     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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