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1 online resource. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 24, 2015). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Marine Paleobiodiversity presents a concise history, development and current status of paleobiodiversity research, thus forming a reference work for beginners, graduates and postgraduates, who are interested in this subject and intend venture into serious research. This book provides a link-reference between text book and highly-specialized journal articles, and so will be valuable for a wide audience of geologists and climatologists. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Marine Paleobiodiversity; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Rationale; 3 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; 4 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. |
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5 Climate-Sea Level Coupling and its Influence on Biodiversity5.1 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; 6 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; 7 What Holds for the Future; References; Back Cover. |
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Paleoceanography.
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Sea level.
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Perturbation (Astronomy)
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Paléo-océanographie.
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Mer -- Niveau.
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Perturbation (Astronomie)
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sea level.
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SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography
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SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology
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Paleoceanography. (OCoLC)fst01051357
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Perturbation (Astronomy) (OCoLC)fst01058904
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Sea level. (OCoLC)fst01110054
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| Other Form: |
Original 0128054158 9780128054154 (OCoLC)927381659 |
| ISBN |
9780128093252 electronic bk. |
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0128093250 electronic bk. |
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9780128054154 |
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0128054158 |
| Standard No. |
GBVCP 843834390 |
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DEBSZ 480344647 |
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CHVBK 40394368X |
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CHBIS 010796111 |
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DEBSZ 482467983 |
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AU@ 000057002477 |
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AU@ 000062548074 |
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