Marine Paleobiodiversity
Responses to Sea Level Cycles and Perturbations
Description
Key Features
- Presents studies on the human environmental impacts in climate changes, future sea level perturbations and the influence these have on biodiversity
- Authored by a renowned researcher with over 15 years’ experience in the field
- Includes recent research on the importance of paleobiodiversity patterns that influence sea level fluctuations
Readership
Graduate, post graduate and beginners in Marine Science, Geology and Climate and paleontologists.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter I INTRODUCTION
Chapter II RATIONALE
Chapter III GEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON BIODIVERSITY AND HABITAT
3.1. Terminologies
3.2. Types and components
3.3. Geological perspective
3.4. The link between geological processes and biodiversity
Chapter IV METHODS OF BIODIVERSITY AND HABITAT HETEROGENEITY ANALYSES
4.1. Approaches of biodiversity
4.2. Numerical methods and database based analyses
4.3. Spatial biodiversity
4.4. True and apparent biodiversity- signals and causes of distortion
4.5. Methods of bias correction
Chapter V CLIMATE-SEA LEVEL COUPLING AND ITS INFLUENCE ON BIODIVERSITY
5.1. Paleobiodiversity dynamics in the light of eustatic sea level cycles
5.2. Biodiversity dynamics due to Climatic and oceanographic changes
5.3. Environmental changes and relative influences on biodiversity and habitat
Chapter VI IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS ON BIOTIC TURNOVER
6.1. Long-term changes and biodiversity dynamics
6.2. Biodiversity dynamics due to short-term sea level changes and perturbations
Chapter VII WHAT HOLDS FOR THE FUTURE
References
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 62
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2015
- Published: November 3, 2015
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780128093252
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128054154