Bouchardia rosea, a vanishing brachiopod species of the brazilian platform: Taphonomy, historical ecology and conservation paleobiology

Historical Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 123-137

  Simoes M G ^a   Rodrigues, S C ^b   Kowalewski, M ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Fidelity; Late Holocene; Paleoecology; South Atlantic Ocean; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HOLOCENE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOBIOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DATA; TAPHONOMY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; PICINGUABA; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

BOUCHARDIA ROSEA; BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 77951660636     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960903315559     Document Type: Article

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