THE ECOLOGY, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND PHYLOGENY OF METHANE SEEP AND NON-SEEP BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE PACIFIC MARGIN

• Main Author: Burkett, Ashley M.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Indiana State University 2015
• Subjects: Stable Isotopic Geochemistry; Protoplasm Degradation; Foraminiferal Colonization; Antarctic; Bowser; Pacific; Antarc*; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10484/12688

In an effort to understand the relationships between active methane seep and adjacent non-seep (inactive) populations of the deep-sea foraminifera Cibicidoides wuellerstorfi, a common paleo-indicator species, from methane seeps in the Pacific were analyzed and compared to one another for genetic sim...