The effect of sea water salinity on the morphology of Emiliania huxleyi in plankton and sediment samples

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 320-328

  Bollmann, Jörg ^a   Herrle, Jens O ^b   Cortes M Y ^c   Fielding, Samuel R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calcareous nannoplankton; coccolithophores; Emiliania huxleyi; morphometry; salinity

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON; COCCOLITHOPHORES; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; MORPHOMETRY; SALINITY;

CELL MEMBRANES; METAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NANOPLANKTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TAPHONOMY;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 67650567207     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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