Testate amoebae in pollen slides

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 173, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-79

  Payne, Richard J ^a,b   Lamentowicz, Mariusz ^c   Der Knaap, Van W O ^d   Van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F N ^d   Mitchell, Edward A D ^e   Mazei, Yuri ^f  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^f PENZA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Non pollen palynomorphs; Palynology; Pollen; Protists; Testate amoebae

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MICROFOSSIL; MOSS; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PEATLAND; POLLEN; PROTOZOAN; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; TAXONOMY;

AMOEBA (GENUS); EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84858709289     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.09.006     Document Type: Review

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