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EXTANT PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA
AND THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
IN THE ATLANTIC AND INDIAN OCEANS


An atlas based on CLIMAP and Levitus (1982) data

by Heinz Hilbrecht

Geological Institute, ETH Zentrum, Sonneggstr. 5, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland.

Current contact information: Le-Croisc-Str. 21/2, D-79725 Laufenburg, Germany. Phone: ++49-7763-1786; e-mail: scriptorium@fuhrmann-hilbrecht.de
World Wide Web homepage: http://www.Fuhrmann-Hilbrecht.de/


Reference: Hilbrecht, H. (1996): Extant planktic foraminifera and the physical environment in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.- Mitteilungen aus dem Geologischen Institut der Eidgen. Technischen Hochschule und der Universität Zürich, Neue Folge. No. 300, 93 pp.; Zürich.


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Interested colleagues are invited to make this publication available on their server for their students and other users if the files remain unchanged and if no access fees are levied.
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Table of contents
Abstract
Introduction
Micropaleontologic and Oceanographic Data
Physical Oceanography
Species and the Physical Environment
Discussion
Results
Acknowledgements
References
Appendix: Physical preferences of planktic foraminifera data file


The atlas does not intend to be a complete review of the ecology of planktic foraminifera.
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© Copyright 1996 Heinz Hilbrecht

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