Radiolarians decreased silicification as an evolutionary response to reduced Cenozoic ocean silica availability

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 9333-9338

  Lazarus, David B ^a   Kotrc, Benjamin ^a,b,d   Wulf, Gerwin ^c   Schmidt, Daniela N ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Bristol ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Microfossils; Micropaleontology; Morphometrics; Ocean drilling program

Indexed keywords

SILICIC ACID; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CENOZOIC; COEVOLUTION; DIATOM; EOCENE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; LATITUDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATIFICATION;

ANIMALS; DIATOMS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PLANKTON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 67249100445     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812979106     Document Type: Article

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