Ostracoda as Proxies for Quaternary Climate Change

Content: 
Series Page
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Copyright
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Contributors
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Chapter 1 - A General Introduction to Ostracods: Morphology, Distribution, Fossil Record and Applications
Pages 1-14
Julio Rodriguez-Lazaro, Francisco Ruiz-Muñoz

Chapter 2 - The Ecology of Ostracoda Across Levels of Biological Organisation from Individual to Ecosystem: A Review of Recent Developments and Future Potential
Pages 15-35
Francesc Mesquita-Joanes, Alison J. Smith, Finn A. Viehberg

Chapter 3 - Ostracod Taxa as Palaeoclimate Indicators in the Quaternary
Pages 37-45
Alan R. Lord, Ian Boomer, Elisabeth Brouwers, John E. Whittaker

Chapter 4 - Quantitative Transfer Function Approaches in Palaeoclimatic Reconstruction Using Quaternary Ostracods
Pages 47-64
Finn A. Viehberg, Francesc Mesquita-Joanes

Chapter 5 - Mutual Climatic Range Methods for Quaternary Ostracods
Pages 65-84
David J. Horne, B. Brandon Curry, Francesc Mesquita-Joanes

Chapter 6 - The Biogeography and Physicochemical Characteristics of Aquatic Habitats of Freshwater Ostracods in Canada and the United States
Pages 85-115
B. Brandon Curry, L. Denis Delorme, Alison J. Smith, Donald F. Palmer, Barbara J. Stiff

Chapter 7 - Distribution of Freshwater Ostracods in the Canadian North and Implications for Palaeoclimate Reconstructions
Pages 117-129
Joan Bunbury

Chapter 8 - The Chemical Composition of Ostracod Shells: Applications in Quaternary Palaeoclimatology
Pages 131-143
Jonathan A. Holmes, Patrick De Deckker

Chapter 9 - The Calibration of Environmental Controls on Elemental Ratios in Ostracod Shell Calcite: A Critical Assessment
Pages 145-163
David L. Dettman, Gary S. Dwyer

Chapter 10 - Biological and Environmental Controls on Isotopes in Ostracod Shells
Pages 165-181
Laurent Decrouy

Chapter 11 - The Versatility of Quaternary Ostracods as Palaeoclimate Proxies: Comparative Testing of Geochemical, Ecological and Biogeographical Approaches
Pages 183-203
Alison J. Smith, Donald F. Palmer

Chapter 12 - Ostracoda as Indicators of Climatic and Human-Influenced Changes in the Late Quaternary of the Ponto-Caspian Region (Aral, Caspian and Black Seas)
Pages 205-215
Ian Boomer

Chapter 13 - Geochemical and Palaeoecological Analyses of Mid Pleistocene to Holocene Ostracod Assemblages from Valle di Castiglione (Italy): Palaeoenvironmental and Palaeoclimatic Assessment
Pages 217-240
Pere Anadón, Elsa Gliozzi, Ilaria Mazzini

Chapter 14 - Climate Variability During the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age Based on Ostracod Faunas and Shell Geochemistry from Biscayne Bay, Florida
Pages 241-262
Thomas M. Cronin, G. Lynn Wingard, Gary S. Dwyer, Peter K. Swart, Debra A. Willard, Jessica Albietz

Chapter 15 - Quaternary Ostracods from the Tibetan Plateau and Their Significance for Environmental and Climate-Change Studies
Pages 263-279
Steffen Mischke

Chapter 16 - Holocene Lake-Level Changes of Lake Nam Co, Tibetan Plateau, Deduced from Ostracod Assemblages and δ18O and δ13C Signatures of Their Valves
Pages 281-295
Claudia Wrozyna, Peter Frenzel, Gerhard Daut, Roland Mäusbacher, Liping Zhu, Antje Schwalb

Chapter 17 - Palaeogenetics for Ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda)
Pages 297-304
Isa Schön, Hilde Eggermont, Erik Verheyen, Koen Martens

Chapter 18 - Ostracoda as Proxies for Quaternary Climate Change: Overview and Future Prospects
Pages 305-315
David J. Horne, Jonathan A. Holmes, Julio Rodriguez-Lazaro, Finn A. Viehberg

Index of geographic, stratigraphic and taxonomic names
Pages 317-323