Distribution of recent benthic foraminifera in shelf carbonate environments of the Western Mediterranean Sea

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 207-225

  Milker, Yvonne ^a   Schmiedl, Gerhard ^a   Betzler, Christian ^a   Römer, Miriam ^a   Jaramillo Vogel, David ^a   Siccha, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cool water carbonates; foraminifera; Principal Component Analysis; Redundancy Analysis; Western Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOMASS; CARBONATE; COOL WATER; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RHODOLITH; SEAFLOOR; TAXONOMY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 71849097690     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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