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Seawater, fish larvae and sediments – a snapshot of an ecosystem off South Africa
Source info:
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| Date: | 2013-12-19 13:00:33 |
| Blog: | GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union  |
| URL: | http://geolog.egu.eu/2013/12/19/seawater-fish-larvae-and-sediments-a-snapshot-of-an-ecosystem-off-south-africa/ |
Summary:
Earlier this month Jens Weiser set out from southern Africa to find out more about the region’s biology and geology. Back aboard FS Meteor, he’s searching for layers of lagoonal muds to see what the climate was like here in the late Quaternary… After quite a lot of transit, we arrived at our first big [...]Content analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | ZA | -28.4793 | 24.6799 |
| Southern Africa | -20.9363 | 24.1075 |
Keywords:
Biogeosciences, Earlier, ecosystem, fish larvae, FS Meteor, Jens Weiser, lagoonal muds, late Quaternary…, searching for layers, Seawater, sediments, snapshot, South Africa, southern Africa
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