The Gulf of Aqaba Ecological Micropaleontology

The Gulf of Aqaba Ecological Micropaleontology / by Zeev Reiss, Lukas Hottinger.

The reconstruction of ancient marine environments is an important task of the Earth Sciences, of great interest to geology, pure and applied, to oceanography and climatology, as well as to such fields as ecology and evolution. In principle, such reconstructions are based on the actualistic approach...

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Main Authors: Reiss, Zeev (Author), Hottinger, Lukas (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1984.
Edition:1st ed. 1984.
Series:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 50
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Geology.
Ecology .
Oceanography.
Zoology.
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Table of Contents:
  • A. Introduction
  • A.1 Background and History of Research
  • A.2 List of Participants and Their Contributions
  • A. 3 Purpose of the Book
  • B. Synopsis
  • C. The Gulf of Aqaba — a Rift-Shaped Depression
  • D. A Desert-Enclosed Sea
  • D.1 Climate
  • D.2 Hydrography
  • D.3 Circulation Pattern
  • D.4 Seasonality
  • D.5 Nutrients
  • D.6 Primary Production
  • D.7 Composition of Plankton
  • D.8 Light
  • D.9 Characteristics of Water Masses
  • E. Shell Producers in the Water Column
  • E.1 Calcareous Plankton
  • E.2 Coccolithophorida
  • E.3 Foraminiferida
  • E.4 Pteropoda
  • E.5 Aqaba Calcareous Plankton: Significance and Problems
  • F. The Sea Bottom — a Mosaic of Substrates
  • F.1 Methods of Investigation
  • F.2 Selected Areas
  • F.3 Significance of the Depth Gradient
  • F.4 Significance of Substrates
  • F.5 Seasonality
  • G. Benthic Foraminifera: Response to Environment
  • G.1 Larger Foraminiferans
  • G.2 “Smaller” Benthic Foraminifera
  • G.3 Significance of Shell Morphogenesis
  • G.4 Significance of Symbiosis
  • G.5 Stable Isotopes and Related Problems
  • G.6 Thanatocoenoses
  • H. 150,000 Years Gulf of Aqaba
  • H.1 Deep Sea Cores
  • H.2 Microfossil Assemblages from Cores
  • H.3 Stratigraphy
  • H.4 Paleoenvironments
  • H.5 Paleoceanographic History
  • References
  • Taxonomic Index.

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