Shallow-water Sporolithon rhodoliths from north island (New Zealand)

Palaios

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-103

  Basso, Daniela ^a   Nalin, Ronald ^b   Nelson, Campbell S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BODY SHAPE; CORALLINE ALGA; FORMATION MECHANISM; PALEOECOLOGY; RHODOLITH; SHALLOW WATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE; TAPHONOMY; TIDAL CURRENT;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WHANGAPARAOA PENINSULA;

ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; CYANOBACTERIA; HYDROLITHON; LITHOPHYLLUM; LITHOTHAMNION; MESOPHYLLUM; NEOGONIOLITHON; PHYMATOLITHON; SPONGITES; SPOROLITHON;

EID: 60649100016     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2008.p08-048r     Document Type: Article

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