Comparative analysis of epiphytic foraminifera in sediments colonized by seagrass posidonia oceanica and invasive macroalgae caulerpa SPP

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-147

  Mateu Vicens, Guillem ^a   Box, Antonio ^b   Deudero, Salud ^b   Rodríguez, Beatriz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIPHYTE; GREEN ALGA; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROALGA; MEADOW; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEAGRASS; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA PROLIFERA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; CHLOROPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA; LOBATULA LOBATULA; PLANORBULINA MEDITERRANENSIS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; ROSALINA;

EID: 77952203727     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.40.2.134     Document Type: Article

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