Late Devonian marine anoxia challenged by benthic cyanobacterial mats

Geobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 371-383

  Kazmierczak, J ^a   Kremer, B ^a   Racki, G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANOXIA; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; BITUMEN; BLACK SHALE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEVONIAN; EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT; EXTINCTION; HYDROGEN; INLAND SEA; LIMESTONE; MICROBIAL MAT; OXIC CONDITIONS; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLAND; SEDIMENT;

CYANOBACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; POLAND;

POLAND; SWIETOKRZYSKIE; SWIETOKRZYSKIE MOUNTAINS;

CHROOCOCCALES; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84865292175     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2012.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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