Benthic foraminiferal responses to absence of fresh phytodetritus: A two-year experiment

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 67-75

  Alve, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Food quality; Refractory organic material; Resilience; Survival; Trophic strategy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BOTTOM WATER; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOOD QUALITY; PHYTODETRITUS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

ALLOGROMIIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CASSIDULINA LAEVIGATA; EGGERELLOIDES; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBOBULIMINA AURICULATA; LEPTOHALYSIS; LIEBUSELLA; MELONIS BARLEEANUM; NONIONELLA IRIDEA; TEXTULARIA EARLANDI;

EID: 77956191336     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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