Distribution and sediment production of large benthic foraminifers on reef flats of the Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands

Coral Reefs

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-45

  Fujita, K ^a   Osawa, Y ^b   Kayanne, H ^b   Ide, Y ^c   Yamano, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Oceanic Planning Corporation   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distribution; Foraminifer; Production; Reef islands; Sediments

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COASTAL LAGOON; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROPHYTE; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

MAJURO ATOLL; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; AMPHISTEGINA; CALCARINA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 59449107267     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-008-0441-0     Document Type: Article

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