Recent benthic foraminiferal assemblages from cold-water coral mounds in the Porcupine Seabight

Facies

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-213

  Schönfeld, Joachim ^a   Dullo, Wolf Christian ^a   Pfannkuche, Olaf ^a   Freiwald, André ^b   Rüggeberg, Andres ^c   Schmidt, Steffi ^d   Weston, Janice ^e  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e RPS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Carbonate mound; Cold water coral ecosystems; Epizoans

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CORAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; NEMATODE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALWAY MOUND; PORCUPINE SEABIGHT;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; CIBICIDES REFULGENS; FORAMINIFERA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; UVIGERINA MEDITERRANEA;

EID: 79952576078     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-010-0234-0     Document Type: Article

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