Monitoring in Coastal Environments Using Foraminifera and Thecamoebian Indicators

D B Scott Charles T. Schafer Franco S. Medioli David B. Scott

ISBN 10: 0521561736 / ISBN 13: 9780521561730

Published by Cambridge University Press CUP, 2001

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pp. xiii + 177, Maps, Indices.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Monitoring in Coastal Environments Using Foraminifera and Thecamoebian Indicators
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press CUP
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521561736
• ISBN 13: 9780521561730
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used

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Synopsis

Here is the first comprehensive book to describe specific environmental applications of foraminifera and thecamoebians. These organisms permit the biological characterization of a variety of freshwater and coastal marine environments and react quickly to environmental stress, natural or anthropogenic. Their small size and hard shells lead to preservation in large numbers in core samples, allowing their use as proxies to reconstruct past environmental conditions. The book introduces the topic to nonspecialists and then goes on to give detailed descriptions of the methods and techniques. Resource managers and consultants in the public and private sectors who routinely work on coastal environmental problems will find this book invaluable.

Book Description

The first comprehensive book to describe specific environmental applications of foraminifera and thecamoebians, which permit the biological characterization of a variety of freshwater and coastal marine environments; they react quickly to environmental stress, natural or anthropogenic. Their small size and hard shells lead to preservation in large numbers in core samples which means that they can be used as proxies to reconstruct past environmental conditions. The main audience will be researchers and consultants but it will also form a supplementary text for students in environmental monitoring and ecological baseline studies.