Planktic Foraminifers in the Modern Ocean

• Main Authors: Schiebel, Ralf (Author), Hemleben, Christoph (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Oceanography.; Geobiology.; Zoology.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the taxonomy, biology, sedimentation, and carbonate geochemistry of modern species. Students, early career and advanced scientists alike will profit from a broad synthesis of the current understanding of planktic foraminifers as an ecological indicator,...

Table of Contents:

• Species Classification, Test Architecture, Shell Ontogeny, Species Phylogeny
• Sampling Methods and Faunal Analysis
• Cultivation
• Biology, Cellular Ultrastructure, Host Symbiont Relationships, Trophic Activity and Nutrition, Reproduction
• Molecular Genetics in Modern Species
• Ecology
• Stable Isotopes - Paleoceanography
• Element Ratios
• Sedimentation and Preservation of Tests
• Applications.