Seasonal dynamics and decadal changes of benthic foraminiferal assemblages in the western Baltic Sea (NW Europe)

Schönfeld, Joachim; Numberger, Lea

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01 Apr 2007

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Seasonal dynamics and decadal changes of benthic foraminiferal assemblages in the western Baltic Sea (NW Europe)

Joachim Schönfeld and Lea Numberger

Joachim Schönfeld

IFM-GEOMAR, Wischhofstrasse 1–3, D-24148 Kiel, Germany (e-mail: )

Lea Numberger

Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie der Universität Tübingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany

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