Retarded response by macrofauna-size foraminifera to phytodetritus in a deep Norwegian fjord

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-22

  Sweetman, Andrew K ^a   Sommer, Stefan ^b   Pfannkuche, Olaf ^b   Witte, Ursula ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FJORD; FORAMINIFERA; PHYTODETRITUS; SEDIMENT CORE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINNMARK; KORSFJORDEN [FINNMARK]; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOBULIMINA TURGIDA; HYALINEA BALTHICA; MELONIS BARLEEANUM; METAZOA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

EID: 60249087464     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.39.1.15     Document Type: Article

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