A comparison of spatial and temporal variability of living benthic foraminiferal faunas at 550m depth in the bay of biscay

Micropaleontology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 275-295

  Barras, Christine ^a,b   Fontanier, Christophe ^a,b   Jorissen, Frans ^a,b   Hohenegger, Johann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b Laboratory for the Study of Marine Bio Indicators LEBIM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DATA SET; FAUNA; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

CIBICIDOIDES PACHYDERMUS; SIPHOGENERINA; UVIGERINA PEREGRINA;

EID: 78149386920     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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