Intra-annual variability in benthic foraminiferal abundance in sediments of disenchantment bay, an alaskan glacial fjord

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-271

  Ullrich, Alexander ^a   Cowan, Ellen ^a   Zellers, Sarah ^b   Jaeger, John ^c   Powell, Ross ^d  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BAY; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON FLUX; DOMINANCE; EPISODIC EVENT; FJORD; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; MELTWATER; MORTALITY; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ALASKA; DISENCHANTMENT BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ELPHIDIUM; FORAMINIFERA; TEXTULARIA EARLANDI;

EID: 68249095706     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-41.2.257     Document Type: Article

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