Diatom distributions in northern North Pacific surface sediments and their relationship to modern environmental variables

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 402, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-103

  Ren, Jian ^a   Gersonde, Rainer ^a   Esper, Oliver ^a   Sancetta, Constance ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Diatoms; North Pacific; Sea ice; Summer sea surface temperature; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; IRON; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT TRAP; SUBARCTIC REGION; WATER MASS;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 84897063640     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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