Recent benthic foraminiferal distribution and related environmental factors in Ezcurra Inlet, King George Island, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-360

  Rodrigues, André Rosch ^a   Maluf, João Carlos Cattini ^a   Braga, Elisabete De Santis ^a   Eichler, Beatriz Beck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antarctic foraminifera; bottom sediment; bottom water; nutrient content; oceanographic biomarkers; South Shetland Islands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOMARKER; BOTTOM WATER; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ADERCOTRYMA GLOMERATA; BOLIVINA PSEUDOPUNCTATA; CASSIDULINOIDES PARKERIANUS; FORAMINIFERA; FURSENKOINA FUSIFORMIS; HEMISPHAERAMMINA BRADYI; HIPPOCREPINELLA HIRUDINEA; PORTATROCHAMMINA ANTARCTICA; PSAMMOSPHAERA FUSCA;

EID: 77958507768     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102010000179     Document Type: Article

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