Tintinnid agglutination of coccoliths: A selective or random process?

Authors

Amos Winter, University of Cape Town
Dean Stockwell, University of Rhode Island
Paul E. Hargraves, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-1986

Abstract

This study suggests that tintinnids are not strongly selective when agglutinating coccoliths from their environment. If selectivity does occur it may be due to the possibility that tintinnids exclude, for their loricae building, coccoliths above a certain size limit. © 1986.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Marine Micropaleontology

Volume

10

Issue

4

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Winter, Amos, Dean Stockwell, and Paul E. Hargraves. "Tintinnid agglutination of coccoliths: A selective or random process?." Marine Micropaleontology 10, 4 (1986). doi: 10.1016/0377-8398(86)90038-1.