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Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera /
Researcher and graduate student reference on benthic foraminifera and climate in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Objectives and strategy; 1.2 Taxonomic scope of foraminifera; 1.3 Historical development of ecological studies; 1.4 Major developments over the past decade; 1.5 The future; 2 Methods; 2.1 Planning general field surveys; 2.2 Planning surveys to address a specific question; 2.3 Types of sampler, taking and handling samples; 2.4 Collecting live individuals; 2.5 Distinguishing live from dead foraminifera; 2.6 Preservation and fixing; 2.7 Processing modern sediments for foraminifera.
- 2.8 Foraminiferal separation using trichloroethylene2.9 Splitting samples; 2.10 Census data, standing crop and biomass; 2.11 Analysis of field data; 2.12 Multivariate analysis; 2.13 Designing and running experiments in field and laboratory; 2.14 Essential data in publications; 2.15 Selection of data used in this book; 3 Aspects of biology and basic ecology; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Biology; 3.2.1 The cell; 3.2.2 Cell-body cytoplasm; 3.2.3 Reticulopodia; 3.2.4 Life cycle; 3.2.5 Production of tests and population dynamics; 3.2.6 Dispersal; 3.2.7 Opportunists/generalists.
- 3.2.8 Mode and position of life3.2.9 Behaviour; 3.2.10 Food and feeding; 3.2.11 Endosymbiosis; 3.2.12 Commensalism; 3.2.13 Predation on foraminifera; 3.2.14 Disease; 3.2.15 Test function; 3.2.16 Selection of test grains; 3.2.17 Test strength; 3.2.18 Summary of key points; 3.2.19 Some of the problems awaiting solution; 3.3 Basic ecology; 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 Critical thresholds and the niche; 3.3.3 Environmental factors; Abiotic factors; Biotic factors; Both abiotic and biotic factors; 3.3.4 Primary production; 3.3.5 Sediment macrofaunal communities; 3.3.6 Disturbance.
- 3.3.7 Populations, assemblages, associations, communities3.3.8 Summary of key points; 4 Marginal marine environments; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Marsh and mangal/mangrove; 4.2.1 Marsh & sol; mangal foraminifera; 4.2.2 European marshes; 4.2.3 Atlantic North American marshes; 4.2.4 Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic South American?marshes & sol; mangals; 4.2.5 Pacific American marshes; 4.2.6 Other marsh & sol; mangal faunas; 4.2.7 Summary of marsh & sol; mangal faunas; 4.3 Intertidal-subtidal brackish lagoons and estuaries; 4.3.1 Europe and Africa; 4.3.2 Atlantic North America.
- 4.3.3 Gulf of Mexico and South America4.3.4 Pacific Ocean; 4.3.5 Indian Ocean; 4.4 Deltas; 4.5 Fjords; 4.5.1 European fjords; 4.5.2 Canadian fjords; 4.6 Isolation basins; 4.7 General attributes of faunas; 4.7.1 Species diversity; 4.7.2 Wall structure; 4.7.3 Standing crop in 0-1 cm sediment layer; 4.8 Summary; 5 Shelf seas; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Europe and Africa; 5.2.1 Kara and Barents seas; 5.2.2 Baltic Sea; 5.2.2 Baltic Sea; 5.2.3 Skagerrak and North Sea; 5.2.4 Western Britain; 5.2.5 North Spain; 5.2.6 Mediterranean; 5.2.7 Africa; 5.2.8 Comparisons; 5.3 Atlantic North America.