Foraminifera: Distribution of Provinces in the Western North Atlantic

All published distributional data on recent benthic foraminifera of the North American Atlantic continental margin were archived into computerized catalogs. Cluster analysis of these data delimited seven large, marginally overlapping provinces exhibiting a congruous relationship with western North A...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Buzas, M. A., Culver, S. J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1980
Subjects:
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.209.4457.687
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.209.4457.687
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Summary:All published distributional data on recent benthic foraminifera of the North American Atlantic continental margin were archived into computerized catalogs. Cluster analysis of these data delimited seven large, marginally overlapping provinces exhibiting a congruous relationship with western North Atlantic water masses. The single major latitudinal faunal change occurs at Cape Hatteras.

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