Modern Planktonic Foraminifera [Paperback]

In a single volume, the authors bring together a review of current biological understanding of planktonic foraminifera and apply it to developments in sedimentology. With the growing interest in the shells of this class of protozoa as indicators of the history of the earth, revealed through the sedimentary record, a comprehensive analysis of the biology of contemporary foraminifera has become necessary. Main topics covered include Taxonomy, Collecting and Culture Methods, Cellular Ultrastructure, Host and Symbiont Relationships, Trophic Activity and Nutrition, Reproduction, Shell Ontogeny and Architecture, Ecology and Sedimentation and Settlement of Shells.1. Introduction.- 2. Taxonomy and Species Features.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Species List.- 3. Collecting and Culture Methods.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Collection for Ecological Studies.- 3.3 Fixation and Storing of Samples.- 3.4 Laboratory Preparations.- 3.5 Collection for Physiological and Ecological Studies.- 3.6 Isolation and Preparation for Maintenance Culture.- 3.7 Maintenance Cultures.- 3.8 Monitoring Vitality and Growth of the Cultures.- 3.9 Feeding Techniques.- 3.10 Cataloguing and Storing Shells.- 3.11 Summary.- 4. Cellular Ultrastructure.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Fixation of Planktonic Foraminifera for Fine Structure Analysis.- 4.3 Cytoplasmic Streaming.- 4.4 Peripheral Cytoplasm and Rhizopodial Morphology.- 4.5 Fine Structure of Cytoplasmic Organelles.- 4.6 Comparative Fine Structure Data of Benthic and Planktonic Species.- 4.7 Comparative Fine Structure of Planktonic Foraminifera and Radiolaria.- 4.8 Summary.- 5. Host and Symbiont Relationships.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Symbiosis, Commensalism and Parasitism.- 5.3 Symbiont Morphology and Structural Association with Host.- 5.4 Symbiont and Host Physiological Interactions.- 5.5 Origin of Symbionts.- 5.6 Major Features of Algal Symbionts.- 5.7 Summary.- 6. Trophic Activity and Nutrition.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Natural Prey.- 6.3 Laboratory Studies of Trophil³%