Description
Book SynopsisPaleoecology is a discipline that uses evidence from fossils to provide an understanding of ancient environments and the ecological history of life through geological time.
Table of ContentsPreface vii
1 Overview 1
2 Deep time and actualism in paleoecological reconstruction 10
3 Ecology, paleoecology, and evolutionary paleoecology 17
4 Taphonomy 33
5 Bioturbation and trace fossils 52
6 Microbial structures 64
7 Across the great divide: Precambrian to Phanerozoic paleoecology 76
8 Phanerozoic level-bottom marine environments 95
9 Reefs, shell beds, cold seeps, and hydrothermal vents 114
10 Pelagic ecosystems 128
11 Terrestrial ecosystems 139
12 Ecological change through time 153
13 Ecological consequences of mass extinctions 175
14 Conservation paleoecology 203
Index 217
Color plate pages fall between pp. 1 and 42
