Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Past, present and future foraminiferal research
- 2 Research methods
- 3 Biology, morphology and classification
- 4 Ecology
- 5 Palaeobiology, palaeoecology (or palaeoenvironmental interpretation)
- 6 Palaeobiological or evolutionary history of the Foraminifera
- 7 Biostratigraphy
- 8 Sequence stratigraphy
- 9 Applications and case studies in petroleum geology
- 10 Applications and case studies in mineral geology
- 11 Applications and case studies in engineering geology
- 12 Applications and case studies in environmental science
- 13 Applications and case studies in archaeology
- References
- Index
4 - Ecology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2013
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Past, present and future foraminiferal research
- 2 Research methods
- 3 Biology, morphology and classification
- 4 Ecology
- 5 Palaeobiology, palaeoecology (or palaeoenvironmental interpretation)
- 6 Palaeobiological or evolutionary history of the Foraminifera
- 7 Biostratigraphy
- 8 Sequence stratigraphy
- 9 Applications and case studies in petroleum geology
- 10 Applications and case studies in mineral geology
- 11 Applications and case studies in engineering geology
- 12 Applications and case studies in environmental science
- 13 Applications and case studies in archaeology
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter deals with ecology. It contains sections on (general comments on) ecological distribution, tolerances and preferences; on bathymetric distribution; on sedimentary environments; on (bio)geographic distribution; on oceanography; and on environmental interpretation technologies. The section on bathymetric distribution includes sub-sections on marginal marine or paralic environments; on shallow marine or neritic environments; and on deep marine, or bathyal and abyssal, environments. The section on sedimentary environments includes sub-sections on marginal marine, peri-deltaic; shallow marine, peri-reefal; and deep marine, submarine fan sub-environments. The section on oceanography includes a sub-section on the organic carbon cycle and oxygenation.
Ecology
Foraminiferal ecology is the study of Foraminifera in relation to their environment, including their distribution, tolerances and preferences; their abundance, that is, the number of specimens per sample or unit volume; and their diversity, that is, the number of species per sample (Jones, 1994, 1996, 2006, 2011a; and additional references cited therein; see also the further reading list at the end of the chapter).
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- Foraminifera and their Applications , pp. 74 - 94Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013