Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain

Paleobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 218-239

  Sessa, Jocelyn A ^b   Bralower, Timothy J ^a   Patzkowsky, Mark E ^a   Handley, John C ^c   Ivany, Linda C ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEPOSIT FEEDER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MARGINALIZATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS EXTINCTION; MOLLUSC; PALEOGENE; PREDATION RISK; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

GULF COASTAL PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84859563061     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/10042.1     Document Type: Article

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