Buzas, Martin A.

Pulsating patches : history and analyses of spatial, seasonal, and yearly distribution of living benthic foraminifera / Martin A. Buzas, Lee-Ann C. Hayek, Jennifer A. Jett, and Sherry A. Reed. - x, 91 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm - Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology ; number 97 . - Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology no. 97 .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91) and index.

Introduction / Spatial Contributions: Observations from Contiguous Samples ; Spatial Distributions: Observations from Noncontiguous Samples ; Temporal Distributions ; Purpose of Present Contributions -- History, Reanalysis, and Critique of Spatial Studies / Spatial Contribution with Contiguous Samples ; Spatial Distribution with Noncontiguous Samples ; Homogenity of Noncontiguous Samples between Stations ; Summary -- History, Reanalysis, and Critique of Seasonal and Yearly Studies / Summary of Historical Review -- Methods in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida / Field ; Laboratory ; Statistical Analyses -- Results / Quinqueloculina ; Elphidium ; Ammobaculites ; Environmental Variables ; General Linear Model (Setup of Model - Results from Fitted Models) -- Discussion / Patch Size ; Pseudoreplication ; Space and Time ; Changes over the Four Years ; Pulsating Patches as a General Phenomenon -- Conclusions

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Benthic animals--Geographical distribution.
Invertebrates--Geographical distribution.
Benthos--Microbiology.
Marine biology.

QL365.36 / .B89 2015

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