Monitoring in Coastal Environments Using Foraminifera and Thecamoebian Indicators
Monitoring in Coastal Environments Using Foraminifera and Thecamoebian Indicators
Franco S. Medioli, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
Charles T. Schafer, Geological Survey of Canada
$47.00
USDForaminifera and thecamoebians are highly sensitive to environmental stress (natural or anthropogenic). This feature means that they can be used to biologically characterize a variety of freshwater and coastal marine environments. Due to their small size and hard shells, large quantities are also found fossilised in core samples, making them ideal for reconstructing past environmental conditions. This volume covers the specific environmental applications of these organisms and contains an introduction to the subject, detailed descriptions of methods and techniques and case studies. Written for non-specialists, this book will appeal to resource managers and consultants in the public and private sector who routinely work on coastal environmental problems. The book will also serve as a supplementary text for graduate students in many courses on environmental monitoring, ecological baseline studies and environmental science.
- Describes specific environmental applications of these organisms for both freshwater and marine conditions
- Contains simple descriptions of foraminifera and thecamoebians so non-specialists can see what is being discussed
Reviews & endorsements
"...the great strength of the book is that it demonstrates, to a wider audience, that microfossil data can provide environmental consultants and resource managers with cost-effective and, at the same time, crucial environmental background (long-term) information, which they cannot obtain by other means!" Geology Magazine
"The authors have contributed significantly to this body of literature... this book provides a valuable overview... this reference should help focus attention on the applicaton of Foraminifera and Thecamoebians to environmental problems and highlight potential lines of inquiry." Susan T. Goldstein, Quareterly Review of Biology
"This book is a useful overview of the application of foraminiferal and thecamoebian analysis to environmental monitoring in coastal environments. I have not come across a comparable book, so this really fills an unoccupied niche! The authors have successfully minimized the use of micropaleontological jargon while stressing the potential uses of these microfossils as environmental proxies...The book is richly illustrated..." Ecoscience
Product details
January 2005Adobe eBook Reader
9780511038273
0 pages
0kg
81 b/w illus. 1 colour illus.
This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Scope of this book
- Who should read this book
- 1. Some perspective on Testate Rhizopods
- 2. Methodological considerations
- 3. Applications
- 4. Research on new applications
- 5. Freshwater systems applications
- 6. Conclusions and final remarks
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Taxonomic list of species
- Bibliography
- Name index
- Subject index.
