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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. Marine Paleobiodiversity 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.
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
Dr. Mu Ramkumar is a faculty member of the Department of Geology at Periyar University in Salem, India. He is among the pioneering researchers on the subject of chemostratigraphy and has been authoring on the topic for the past 15 years. Dr. Ramkumar has published more than 100 journal articles and book chapters, authored two books and edited five Special volumes by International publishers. He has received nine fellowships, including the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany, Young Scientist Award (twice) from the Department of Science and Technology and Scientist's Pool Scheme from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. He is a member of editorial committees and boards of many international geoscience journals.
