A sea of Lilliputians

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 88-113

  Aubry, Marie Pierre ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Exococcospheres; Extant living coccolithophorids; Functional morphology; Mixotrophy; Neogene; Size

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COCCOLITH; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MIXOTROPHY; NEOGENE; PICOPLANKTON; RARITY; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 70449631072     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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