Paleoecology : Past, Present and Future.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Overview -- Introduction -- History of study -- Paleoecology and the future -- Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Chapter 2: Deep time and actualism in paleoecological reconstruction -- Introduction -- Perceptions of time -- Geological time -- Uniformitarianism and actualism -- Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Chapter 3: Ecology, paleoecology, and evolutionary paleoecology -- Introduction -- Ecology and paleoecology -- Functional morphology -- Paleoecological models for paleoenvironmental reconstruction -- Paleoecology and paleoclimate -- Evolutionary paleoecology -- Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Chapter 4: Taphonomy -- Introduction -- Magnitude of taphonomic processes -- Normal preservation -- Exceptional preservation -- Taphofacies and time averaging -- Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Chapter 5: Bioturbation and trace fossils -- Introduction -- Trace fossils -- Marine environments -- Terrestrial environments -- Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Chapter 6: Microbial structures -- Introduction -- Biofilms -- Carbonate environments -- Siliciclastic environments -- Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Chapter 7: Across the great divide: Precambrian to Phanerozoic paleoecology -- Introduction -- Precambrian microbial paleoecology -- Early animals -- Paleoecology of the Cambrian fauna -- Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Chapter 8: Phanerozoic level-bottom marine environments -- Introduction -- Data collection and analysis -- Nearshore and shelf-depth environments -- Low-oxygen environments -- Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Chapter 9: Reefs, shell beds, cold seeps, and hydrothermal vents -- Introduction -- Reefs -- Shell beds -- Cold seeps and hydrothermal vents.

Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Chapter 10: Pelagic ecosystems -- Introduction -- Microfossils -- Integrated studies -- Macrofossils -- Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Chapter 11: Terrestrial ecosystems -- Introduction -- Development of ecosystems on land -- Post-Paleozoic terrestrial ecosystems -- Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Chapter 12: Ecological change through time -- Introduction -- Diverse approaches for analyzing Phanerozoic trends from marine environments -- Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Chapter 13: Ecological consequences of mass extinctions -- Introduction -- End-Permian mass extinction -- End-Cretaceous mass extinction -- Comparative ecological change of mass extinctions -- Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Chapter 14: Conservation paleoecology -- Introduction -- Shifting baselines -- Nonanalog communities and exotic species -- Ancient hyperthermal events -- Summary -- References -- Additional reading -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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