Foraminifera of petroleum platforms, Louisiana shelf, Gulf of Mexico

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-179

  Sen Gupta, Barun K ^a   Smith, Lorene E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Foraminifera; Gulf of Mexico; Louisiana; Petroleum platforms; Sessile

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; DIATOM; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; PROPAGULE; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CARPENTERIA CANDEI; CORNUSPIRAMIA ANTILLARUM; DYOCIBICIDES BISERIALIS; FORAMINIFERA; PLANORBULINA ACERVALIS; PLANORBULINA MEDITERRANENSIS; THORACICA; WEBBINA;

EID: 84879069232     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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