Palaeoecology of the Graptoloidea

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 23-41

  Cooper, R A ^a   Rigby, S ^b   Loydell, D K ^c   Bates, D E B ^d  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graptolite habitat; Life mode; Locomotion; Palaeoecology; Parasitism; Synrhabdosomes

Indexed keywords

BIOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MASS MORTALITY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PARASITISM; SHALLOW WATER; SURVIVORSHIP; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

EUPHAUSIIDAE; GRAPTOLITHINA; GRAPTOLOIDEA; HEMICHORDATA; LOPHOPHORA; PTEROBRANCHIA;

EID: 84859716515     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.01.001     Document Type: Review

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