Global patterns of organic-walled phytoplankton biodiversity during the late silurian to earliest Devonian

Palynology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2009, Pages 25-75

  Le Hérissé, Alain ^a   Dorning, Ken J ^b   Mullins, Gary L ^c   Wicander, Reed ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b Pallab Research   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Biodiversity; Earliest Devonian; Late Silurian; Marine ecosystems; Organic walled phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEVONIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPLANKTON; MORPHOLOGY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILURIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CANADA; EUROPE; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACRITARCHA; CHLOROPHYTA; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77953750730     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gspalynol.33.1.25     Document Type: Article

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