Biology and paleontology of coccolithophores (Haptophytes)

Marine Protists: Diversity and Dynamics

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 311-330

  Hagino, Kyoko ^a   Young, Jeremy R ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcareous nannofossil; Calcareous nannoplankton; Coccolith; Coccolithophores; Haptophytes; Microfossils

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956639748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-55130-0_12     Document Type: Chapter

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