Live benthic foraminiferal faunas along a bathymetrical transect (140-4800m) in the Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic);Les foraminifères benthiques vivants le long d'un transect bathymétrique (140-4800m) dans le Golfe de Gascogne (Atlantique NE)

Revue de Micropaleontologie

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 139-162

  Mojtahid, Meryem ^a,b,c   Griveaud, Clémentine ^b,c   Fontanier, Christophe ^b,c   Anschutz, Pierre ^d   Jorissen, Fransiscus Josephus ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c Laboratoire d'Etude des Bio Indicateurs Marins   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Bathymetric transect; Bay of Biscay; Benthic foraminifera; Microhabitat; Redox conditions; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; BATHYMETRY; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; REDOX CONDITIONS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

BOLIVINA SUBAENARIENSIS; CHILOSTOMELLA OOLINA; CIBICIDOIDES KULLENBERGI; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOBULIMINA; HOGLUNDINA ELEGANS; MELONIS BARLEEANUS; MELONIS POMPILIOIDES; NONION FABUM; NUTTALLIDES; UVIGERINA; UVIGERINA MEDITERRANEA; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA; VALVULINERIA;

EID: 77956064045     PISSN: 00351598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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