UID:
almahu_9949372064402882
Format:
XXI, 419 p. 1 illus.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2022.
ISBN:
9783031123740
Content:
This handbook in two volumes offers a heretofore unavailable compilation of detailed information on foraminifera of the Caspian-Black Sea-Mediterranean Corridors ("CORRIDORS"), including their taxonomy, ecology, and applications in the study of Quaternary stratigraphy, paleogeographic reconstruction, and environmental stress. This subject is significant in light of the ongoing debates regarding the Flood Hypotheses because foraminifera can provide more information about many of the disputed questions. Foraminifera are highly reliable paleoenvironmental indicators, ubiquitous in marine environments, and taxonomically diverse, which gives them the potential for a wide range of biological responses to varied environmental factors. Their tests are readily preserved and can record evidence of environmental change through time, thus providing historical baseline data even in the absence of background studies. This book presents taxonomic descriptions for about 500 species and subspecies from the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Sea of Marmara, and the Eastern Mediterranean. This catalogue is supplemented by ecological remarks, stratigraphic distributions, paleogeography, and environmental/paleoenvironmental applications, including responses to environmental stress, e.g., river discharge, pollution by different contaminants, etc. The book will be useful to specialists in Quaternary history of the "CORRIDORS" as well as those in environmental monitoring and risk assessment. This handbook offers detailed taxonomic descriptions of foraminifera from the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, Aral Sea (in Volume 1) and Eastern Mediterranean and Sea of Marmara (in Volume 2). .
Note:
Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. State-of-the-art -- Chapter 2. Study area, material and methods -- Chapter 3. Taxonomic classification of foraminifera -- Chapter 4. Modern foraminifera -- Chapter 5. Quaternary bio- and ecostratigraphy, with elements of paleogeography of the Ponto-Caspian Corridors -- Chapter 6. Origin and taxonomy of the Pleistocene Ponto-Caspian benthic foraminifera -- Chapter 7. Benthic foraminifera as indicators of environmental change in the Black Sea in space and time -- Chapter 8. Systematic part -- Conclusions -- Index.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783031123733
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783031123757
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9783031123764
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-12374-0
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12374-0
