ABSTRACT

This is an important and authoritative review of foraminiferal ecology, the first for over a decade. Professor Murray relates ecological data on living forms of foraminifera to the palaeoecology of fossil species, and defines in detail areas of global distribution.

chapter 1|4 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|19 pages

Life processes

chapter 3|8 pages

Stable isotope studies

chapter 4|11 pages

Population dynamics

chapter 6|33 pages

Atlantic seaboard of North America

chapter 7|38 pages

Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea

chapter 8|8 pages

Atlantic seaboard of South America

chapter 9|39 pages

Atlantic seaboard of Europe and Africa

chapter 10|5 pages

Atlantic Ocean – summary and comparison

chapter 11|11 pages

The Mediterranean

chapter 12|19 pages

Indian Ocean

chapter 13|22 pages

Western margin of the Pacific Ocean

chapter 14|30 pages

Eastern margin of the Pacific Ocean

chapter 15|5 pages

Pacific Ocean

chapter 16|14 pages

Southern Ocean

chapter 17|8 pages

Arctic Ocean

chapter 19|10 pages

Palaeoecology