Holocene trends in distribution and diversity of benthic foraminifera assemblages in atoll lagoons, Belize, Central America

Facies

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-336

  Schultz, Sandra ^a   Gischler, Eberhard ^a   Oschmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Belize; Diversity; Foraminifera; Holocene; Reef

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CORAL REEF; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOLOCENE; LAGOON; PALEOECOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ARCHAIAS; CALLIANASSIDAE; CRIBROELPHIDIUM; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELPHIDIUM; FORAMINIFERA; MILIOLINA; PENEROPLIS; QUINQUELOCULINA; TRILOCULINA;

EID: 77953870822     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-010-0217-1     Document Type: Article

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