Benthic foraminifera from Pine Island and Ferrero bays, Amundsen Sea

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-200

  Majewski, Wojciech ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Circumpolar deep water; Dissolution; Faunal gradient; Pine Island bay; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEEP WATER; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; DISSOLUTION;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTICA; PINE ISLAND BAY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84878682185     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/popore-2013-0012     Document Type: Article

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