Observations on the life cycle of the symbiont-bearing foraminifer Amphistegina lobifera Larsen, an invasive species in coastal ecosystems of the aegean sea (Greece, E. Mediterranean)

Journal of Foraminiferal Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-150

  Triantaphyllou, Maria V ^a   Dimiza, Margarita D ^a   Koukousioura, Olga ^a   Hallock, Pamela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CENOZOIC; COASTAL WATER; EPIPHYTE; FACIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXOTROPHY; SEASONALITY; SHELL; SHORELINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMBIONT;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AMPHISTEGINA; AMPHISTEGINA LOBIFERA; AMPHISTEGINIDAE; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84863857381     PISSN: 00961191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.42.2.143     Document Type: Article

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