Project record of Palaeoecology of marine ostracods from the Mediterranean and the Pacific Ocean

Information

Type
Project
Name
Palaeoecology of marine ostracods from the Mediterranean and the Pacific Ocean
Name @nl
Paleoecologie van mariene ostracoden van de Middellandse Zee en van de Stille Oceaan
Description @en
Actuopalaeontological study of recent ostracods in sediments from the Meditteranean and the Pacific Ocean. Emphasis is on the depth distribution and composition of thanatocoenosis associations in different facies. The palaeontological applicability of different parameters is assessed.
Description @nl
Actuopaleontologisch onderzoek van recente Ostracoda in sedimenten van de Middellandse Zee en de Stille Oceaan. Nadruk ligt op de diepteverspreiding en de samenstelling van de thanatocoenose-associaties in verschillende facies. De paleontologische toepasbaarheid van verschillende parameters wordt op punt gesteld.
Start date
1996
End date
1997-8

Institutes & people involved

Wouters Karel
associated with: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Departement Aard- en Omgevingswetenschappen; Afdeling Historische Geologie

Expertise

Benthos
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 877
Marine biology
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 4990
Marine invertebrates
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 5007
Offshore
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 5723
Palaeoecology
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 5971
taxonomic terms
Ostracoda
geographic terms
AE, Mediterranean Water
I, Pacific

special collections

Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

record metadata

date created: 2003-11-26
date modified: 2007-04-02