Climate variations, an overlooked factor influencing the recent marine environment. An example from Gullmar Fjord, Sweden, illustrated by benthic foraminifera and hydrographic data

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 867-881

  Filipsson, Helena L ^a,b   Nordberg, Kjell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAMINIFERA; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; WATER QUALITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULLMAR FJORD; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND; WORLD;

FORAMINIFERA; STAINFORTHIA;

EID: 8544258129     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02912048     Document Type: Article

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