Epiphytic foraminiferal assemblages on macroalgae in reefal environments of New Caledonia

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-60

  Debenay, Jean Pierre ^a   Payri, Claude E ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b Evolution ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; FORAMINIFERA; MACROALGA; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; REEF; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

AMPHISTEGINA; FORAMINIFERA; ROTALIIDAE; SORITIDAE;

EID: 77949739090     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.40.1.36     Document Type: Article

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