The ecological and palaeoecological implications of the presence and absence of data: Evidence from benthic forminifera

Geoscience in South-West England

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-62

  Stubbles, S J ^a   Green, J C ^b   Hart, M B ^a   Williams, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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