Benthic foraminiferal responses to water-based drill cuttings and natural sediment burial: Results from a mesocosm experiment

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Hess, Silvia ^a   Alve, Elisabeth ^a   Trannum, Hilde Cecilie ^b   Norling, Karl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benthic ecosystem; Drill cuttings; Foraminifera vs macrofauna; Foraminiferal vertical migration; Recovery following disturbance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DRILLING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; MICROHABITAT; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TOLERANCE; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

EID: 84878159750     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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