Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera
Titre:
Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera
ISBN (Numéro international normalisé des livres):
9780511535529
Auteur personnel:
PRODUCTION_INFO:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description physique:
1 online resource (xi, 426 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Note générale:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Table des matières:
Introduction -- Methods -- Aspects of biology and basic ecology -- Marginal marine environments -- Shelf seas -- Carbonate environments -- Deep sea -- Summary of living distributions -- Taphonomic processes : formation of dead and fossil assemblages -- Applications.
Extrait:
In this 2006 volume John Murray investigates the ecological processes that control the distribution, abundance and species diversity of benthic foraminifera in environments ranging from marsh to the deepest ocean. To interpret the fossil record it is necessary to have an understanding of the ecology of modern foraminifera and the processes operating after death leading to burial and fossilisation. This book presents the ecological background required to explain how fossil forms are used in dating rocks and reconstructing past environmental features including changes of sea level. It demonstrates how living foraminifera can be used to monitor modern-day environmental change. Ecology and Applications of Benthic Foraminifera presents a comprehensive and global coverage of the subject using all the available literature. It is supported by a website hosting a large database of additional ecological information (www.cambridge.org/0521828392) and will form an important reference for academic researchers and graduate students in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Accès électronique:
Full Text Available From Cambridge Core e-Books
Langue:
Anglais