Environmental factors affecting planktonic foraminifera abundance and distribution in the Northeast Gulf of Mexico

The shell composition of planktonic foraminifera used in many paleoreconstructions assumes they are accurately representing conditions at the surface/mixed layer. However, planktonic foraminifera are known to inhabit a depth range that extends below the mixed layer. In the present study, foraminifer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ravula, Sharath Reddy
Other Authors: Slowey, Niall
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Texas A&M University 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2251