Ecology and Applications of Benthic Foraminifera

A researcher and graduate student reference on benthic foraminifera and climate in Earth and Environmental Sciences, first published in 2006.

John W. Murray (Author)

9780521070096, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 31 July 2008

440 pages, 75 b/w illus. 8 tables
24.4 x 17 x 2.3 cm, 0.69 kg

'This is a very good reference volume for people working in the discipline and a great introduction to those aspiring to do so.' Journal of Geological Magazine

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.

1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Aspects of biology and basic ecology
4. Marginal marine environments
5. Shelf seas
6. Carbonate environments
7. Deep sea
8. Summary of living distributions
9. Taphonomic processes: formation of dead and fossil assemblages
10. Applications
Glossary
Appendix 1. Ecological data
References
Web appendices
Web appendix 1. References discussing taxonomy, dead or total assemblages
Web appendix 2. Faunal reference list
Living/stained foraminiferal data tables.

Subject Areas: Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Applied ecology [RNC], Palaeontology [RBX], Zoology: Invertebrates [PSVT], Animal ecology [PSVS], Marine biology [PSPM], Freshwater biology [PSPF], Hydrobiology [PSP], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF]