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Ecology and Applications of Benthic Foraminifera
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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 and demonstrates how living foraminifera can be used to monitor modern-day environmental change.Abstract:
In this 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.read more
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River channel evolution and tsunami impacts recorded in local sedimentary archives – the ‘Fiume Morto’ at Ostia Antica (Tiber River, Italy)
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The Evolution of the Albufereta Lagoon (Western Mediterranean): Climate Cycles and Sea-Level Changes
TL;DR: Ferrer Garcia et al. as mentioned in this paper studied the evolution of the Albufereta Lagoon (Western Mediterranean): climate cycles and sea-level changes using cores and pits from two research campaigns in the littoral lagoon.
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Compound-specific isotope analysis of benthic foraminifer amino acids suggests microhabitat variability in rocky-shore environments.
Masashi Tsuchiya,Yoshito Chikaraishi,Yoshito Chikaraishi,Hidetaka Nomaki,Yoko Sasaki,Akihiro Tame,Katsuyuki Uematsu,Naohiko Ohkouchi +7 more
TL;DR: A large variation in the trophic positions of different foraminifera from the same habitat is demonstrated, a reflection of endobiotic features and the different modes of life and food preferences of the foraminaifera.
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Elaia, Pergamon's maritime satellite: the rise and fall of an ancient harbour city shaped by shoreline migration
Martin Seeliger,Anna Pint,Stefan Feuser,Svenja Riedesel,Nick Marriner,Peter Frenzel,Felix Pirson,Andreas Bolten,Helmut Brückner +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reconstruct the coastal evolution in and around the ancient harbour of Elaia and compare the observed environmental modifications with archaeological and historical findings using micropalaeontological, sedimentological and geochemical proxies to reconstruct the palaeoenvironmental dynamics and evolution of the ancient harbor.
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Spatial patterns and diversity of foraminifera from an intermittently closed and open lagoon, Smiths Lake, Australia
TL;DR: Foraminifera represent an important tool for assessing and monitoring the past, present and future relative health of marine systems, but this is only possible where baseline assemblage characteristics have been previously established as discussed by the authors.
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