Geobiology: Objectives, Concepts, Perspectives

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Geobiology–a holistic scientific discipline, Pages 1-3, Nora Noffke
Geobiology and the fossil record: eukaryotes, microbes, and their interactions, Pages 5-21, David J. Bottjer
Geobiology and paleobiogeography: tracking the coevolution of the Earth and its biota, Pages 23-33, Bruce S. Lieberman
The contributions of biogeomorphology to the emerging field of geobiology, Pages 35-51, Larissa A. Naylor
Temperature and salinity history of the Precambrian ocean: implications for the course of microbial evolution, Pages 53-69, L. Paul Knauth
Production and cycling of natural microbial exopolymers (EPS) within a marine stromatolite, Pages 71-86, Alan W. Decho, Pieter T. Visscher, R. Pamela Reid
Microbial mats as bioreactors: populations, processes, and products, Pages 87-100, Pieter T. Visscher, John F. Stolz
Geobiology of microbial carbonates: metazoan and seawater saturation state influences on secular trends during the Phanerozoic, Pages 101-115, Robert Riding, Liyuan Liang
The role of microorganisms and biofilms in the breakdown and dissolution of quartz and glass, Pages 117-129, Ulrike Brehm, Anna Gorbushina, Derek Mottershead
Expanding frontiers in deep subsurface microbiology, Pages 131-155, Jan P. Amend, Andreas Teske
Microbial transformations of organic matter in black shales and implications for global biogeochemical cycles, Pages 157-170, S.T. Petsch, K.J. Edwards, T.I. Eglinton
Geo-biological aspects of coastal oil pollution, Pages 171-189, Luise Berthe-Corti, Thomas Höpner
Biogeochemistry: now and into the future, Pages 191-198, Gregory A. Cutter