Overview
- Provides a multi-disciplinary perspective of how bioerosional processes affect the huge variety of biological and geological systems, both past and present
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Erlangen Earth Conference Series (ERLANGEN)
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About this book
A little more than forty years has past since the concept of bioerosion was formally recognised as the biological erosion of hard materials. In that time, it has become apparent from the literature that bioerosional processes affect a wide range of biological and geological systems that cross many disciplines among the sciences. This book is dedicated to crossing those traditional disciplinary boundaries to present a united and current perspective on the pattern and process of bioerosion.
The book opens with papers on the evolutionary significance of bioerosion, and subsequently ventures out to explore the remarkable diversity of bioerosive biota. From microboring bacteria to grazing echinoids, the studies use a variety of techniques ranging from field observations to sophisticated micro-computed tomography to investigate the ecological and environmental role of these organisms, including symbiotic interactions and alteration of non-carbonate substrates. The book concludes with a primer on the bioerosion bibliography website.
A diverse set of two dozen articles, including case studies and extensive reviews, highlight many aspects of the growing discipline of bioerosion research, from the early Palaeozoic to the present, from the Tropics to the Arctic, and from terrestrial environments to the deep-sea.
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Evolution and Classification
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Spectrum of bioerosive biota
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Symbiotic interactions
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Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Current Developments in Bioerosion
Editors: Max Wisshak, Leif Tapanila
Series Title: Erlangen Earth Conference Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77598-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-77597-3Published: 02 June 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09633-4Published: 18 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-77598-0Published: 20 September 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 499
Number of Illustrations: 134 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ecology, Paleontology, Biogeosciences, Biochemistry, general