Multiple paleoecological controls on the composition of marine fossil assemblages from the Frasnian (Late Devonian) of Virginia, with a comparison of ordination methods

Paleobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 573-591

  Bush, Andrew M ^a   Brame, Roderic I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FRASNIAN; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ORDINATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBSTRATE;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77956609144     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/07022.1     Document Type: Article

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