Co-evolution of eukaryotes and ocean oxygenation in the Neoproterozoic era

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 257-265

  Lenton, Timothy M ^a   Boyle, Richard A ^a   Poulton, Simon W ^b   Shields Zhou, Graham A ^c   Butterfield, Nicholas J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COEVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUKARYOTE; FILTER FEEDER; GLACIATION; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84897128982     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2108     Document Type: Review

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