Microbial Bioerosion of Erratic Sub-Fossil Nautilus Shells in a Karstic Cenote (Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia)

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 108-115

  Seuss, Barbara ^a   Wisshak, Max ^b   Mapes, Royal H ^c   Hembree, Daniel I ^d   Landman, Neil ^e   Lignier, Vincent ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Cenote; Holocene; Ichnocoenosis; Karst; Nautilus; New Caledonia; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; CYANOBACTERIUM; HOLOCENE; KARST; LIMESTONE; SHELL; TAPHONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL; WATER DEPTH;

LIFOU; LOYALTY ISLANDS; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

BANGIACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FILOSEA; NAUTILUS; NAUTILUS MACROMPHALUS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84961248984     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2015.1030074     Document Type: Article

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