Environmental Micropaleontology: The Application of Microfossils to Environmental Geology (Topics in Geobiology Book 15)

Microfossils are ideally suited to environmental studies because their short generation times allow them to respond rapidly to environmental change. This book represents an assessment of the progress made in environmental micropalaeontology and sets out future research directions. The taxa studied are mainly foraminifera, but include arcellaceans, diatoms, dinoflagellates, and ostracodes. The papers themselves range from reviews of applications of particular taxa to specific case studies. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Introduction....Pages 1-3 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 When Does Environmental Variability Become Environmental Change?....Pages 7-37 Distribution Trends of Foraminiferal Assemblages in Paralic Environments....Pages 39-67 Front Matter....Pages 69-69 Benthic Foraminifera as Bioindicators of Heavy Metal Pollution....Pages 71-103 Impact of Anthropogenic Environmental Change on Larger Foraminifera....Pages 105-119 Larger Foraminifera as Indicators of Coral-Reef Vitality....Pages 121-150 Ostracoda in Detection of Sewage Discharge on a Pacific Atoll....Pages 151-165 Ostracodes as Indicators of River Pollution in Northern Israel....Pages 167-180 Ostracoda as Indicators of Conditions and Dynamics of Water Ecosystems....Pages 181-187 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 Environmental Variation and Foraminiferal Test Abnormalities....Pages 191-215 Chemical Ecology of Foraminifera....Pages 217-254 Front Matter....Pages 255-255 Use of Arcellacea (Thecamoebians) to Gauge Levels of Contamination and Remediation in Industrially Polluted Lakes....Pages 257-278 Sedimentary Diatoms and Chrysophytes as Indicators of Lakewater Quality in North America....Pages 279-303 Dinoflagellate Cysts as Indicators of Cultural Eutrophication and Industrial Pollution in Coastal Sediments....Pages 305-321 Environmental Stratigraphy....Pages 323-350 Foraminifera of Storm-Generated Washover Fans....Pages 351-369 Benthic Foraminiferal Distributions in South Florida....Pages 371-383 Variation in Natural vs. Anthropogenic Eutrophication of Shelf Areas in Front of Major Rivers....Pages 385-404 Front Matter....Pages 405-405 Establishing a Hydrostratigraphic Framework Using Palynology....Pages 407-428 Construction of the Thames Barrier....Pages 429-459 Back Matter....Pages 461-481