Diversity, taphonomy and behavior of encrusting foraminifera on experimental shells deployed along a shelf-to-slope bathymetric gradient, Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 312, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 305-324

  Richardson White, S ^a   Walker, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Carbonate platform; Competition; Diversity; Encrusting foraminifera; Taphofacies

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; BATHYMETRY; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); DISSOLUTION; ENCRUSTING ORGANISM; FORAMINIFERA; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAFLOOR; SHELF BREAK; SHELL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAPHONOMY;

BAHAMAS; LEE STOCKING ISLAND;

FORAMINIFERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 83055188501     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.02.021     Document Type: Article

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