Observations on the relationship between the Antarctic coastal diatoms Thalassiosira antarctica Comber and Porosira glacialis (Grunow) Jørgensen and sea ice concentrations during the late Quaternary

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 14-25

  Pike, Jennifer ^a   Crosta, Xavier ^b   Maddison, Eleanor J ^c   Stickley, Catherine E ^d,e   Denis, Delphine ^b   Barbara, Loïc ^b   Renssen, Hans ^f  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

diatoms; East Antarctica; Quaternary; sea ice

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOLOCENE; OOZE; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUATERNARY; SEA ICE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; POROSIRA GLACIALIS; THALASSIOSIRA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 70349108359     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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