Ostracoda in the Earth and Life Sciences

Ostracoda are microcrustaceans which are extremely useful indicator-organisms in petroleum, coals and aquifer exploration and for environmental impact studies. They live in all sediments of aquatic habitats and are common microfossils in all sediments, including marine, estuarine and freshwater deposits as well as shallow and deep water facies. The group ranges in geological age from Cambrian to Recent. This work contains 48 papers and 35 abstracts arranged thematically for earth sciences (Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Statistics) and life sciences (genetics, microchemistry, limnology, shallow marine, oceanography, morphology). New methodologies and techniques in statistics and microchemistry are featured. The book is illustrated with scanning electron microscope figures and there are many review articles which carry full sets of references. The work should be a useful source of data for students in both disciplines as well as specialists. Professional geologists and palaeontologists, geological surveys, museums, limnologists, oceanographers, geneticists, geochemists and university teaching departments in the earth and biological sciences should also find the work of use.