Foraminiferal assemblage and reef check census in coral reef health monitoring of East Brazilian margin

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 62-69

  Barbosa, Cátia Fernandes ^a   Prazeres, Martina de Freitas ^a   Ferreira, Beatrice Padovani ^b   Seoane, José Carlos Sícoli ^c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifers; Coral reef; FORAM index; Southwestern Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE PARK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; AMPHISTEGINA LESSONII; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAIAS ANGULATUS; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 70349257194     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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