A General Introduction to Ostracods. Morphology, Distribution, Fossil Record and Applications

Developments in Quaternary Science

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-14

  Rodriguez Lazaro, Julio ^a   Ruiz Muñoz, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Marine; Non marine; Ostracoda; Palaeobiology; Palaeoceanography; Palaeoclimatology; Palaeoenvironmental analysis; Palaeolimnology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870497015     PISSN: 15710866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53636-5.00001-9     Document Type: Chapter

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