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== INTRODUCTION TO [[FORAMINIFERA]] ==

* [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/people/klf/About_Microfossils.htm What Are Microfossils?] on the website of [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/index.html The University of California Museum of Paleontology]

* [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/index.html The University of California Museum of Paleontology] [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/foram/foramintro.html Introduction to the Foraminifera] [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/foram/foramintro.html]

* [http://www.foraminifera.eu/minilectures.html Foraminifera: Mini Lectures] of [http://www.foraminifera.eu/ foraminifera.eu]

* [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2010_BOOK_02/CG2010_BOOK_02.pdf '''Short Treatise on Foraminiferology'''] by Bellier et al. (2010)

* [http://foraminifera.net/ MICROPALEONTOLOGY: About Foraminifera]

* University College London's micropalaeontology site [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/foram.html MIRACLE] Overview of foraminifera and other microfossil groups, including many high-quality [[SEM]]s.

* [http://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Fossils/NZ-fossils/Fossil-animals/Foraminifera General overview of foraminifera] on the [http://www.gns.cri.nz/ GNS] website

* [http://www.paleontology.uni-bonn.de/paleontology/langer/L&L.HTM Martin Langer] on foraminifera: http://www.paleontology.uni-bonn.de/paleontology/langer/FORAMINI.HTM
** [http://www.paleontology.uni-bonn.de/paleontology/langer/WHATARE.HTM What are Foraminifera?]
** [http://www.paleontology.uni-bonn.de/langer/HOWOLD.HTM How old are Foraminifera?]
** [http://www.paleontology.uni-bonn.de/langer/GLOBAL.HTM Global Ocean Carbonat Production of Foraminifera]

* [http://ethomas.web.wesleyan.edu/BFhandout.htm URBINO SUMMER SCHOOL IN PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, 2005, DEEP-SEA BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA] by [http://ethomas.web.wesleyan.edu/index.htm Ellen Thomas] [http://ethomas.web.wesleyan.edu/BFhandout.htm http://ethomas.web.wesleyan.edu/BFhandout.htm]

* [http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/forams_b.shtml Benthic Foraminifers] by [http://www.usgs.gov/ U.S. Geological Survey] [http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/forams_b.shtml http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/forams_b.shtml]

* [http://strata.geol.sc.edu/thinsections/caco3-skeletal.html SKELETAL GRAINS: Foraminifera] [http://www.sc.edu/ USC] [http://strata.geol.sc.edu/index.html Sequence Stratigraphy Web]

* [http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/forams/forams_related_link.htm Other foram-related links] on [http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/index.html Ocean World]

* [http://www.niwa.co.nz/news-and-publications/publications/all/wa/13-1/foram The life and death of planktonic foraminifera]- Copyright © NIWA Science 2006 - [http://www.niwa.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/51556/foram.pdf '''PDF'''] 

* [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/links.html Micropalaeontological links] [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/links.html http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/links.html]

* [http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-07/rs/index.php Foraminiferans] in [http://www.reefkeeping.com/index.htm Reefkeeping]

* [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Foraminifera Foraminifera] in [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Main_Page Classic Encyclopedia] based on the 1911 Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica

* [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35925/35925-h/35925-h.htm#ar1 Foraminifera] in [http://www.gutenberg.org/ The Project Gutenberg] EBook of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6

* [http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/time/Fossilfocus/foraminiferaEvolution.html Foraminifera evolution - major events]

== [[FORAMINIFERA]]: HISTORY OF INVESTIGATIONS  ==

* A short story of foraminifera - [http://www.ifremer.fr/lerpc/PGSauriau/foraminifera/history/history.html ifremer]

* [http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/Grzybowski/gf.html The Origin of Applied Micropalaeontology: Jozef Grzybowski's Biostratigraphical studies of the Carpathian Oilfields in the 1890's] - follow  the '''Jozef Grzybowski''' link


== MICROPALAEONTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES ==

=== Sampling and preparation techniques ===

* [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/Snyder&Huber.html PREPARATION TECHNIQUES FOR USE OF FORAMINIFERA IN THE CLASSROOM] [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/Snyder&Huber.html http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/Snyder&Huber.html] by SCOTT W. SNYDER & BRIAN T. HUBER

* [http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/soes/teaching/courses/oa432_624/basics.pdf Micropalaeontological sampling, processing and counting] by Murray, J. & Rohling, E.J. et al. - [http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/soes/teaching/courses/oa432_624/basics.pdf '''PDF''']

* [http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov98/bdforam3.html The Collection and Mounting of Foraminifera]  by Brian Darnton [http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov98/bdforam3.html http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov98/bdforam3.html]

* Micropaleontological slides:
** [http://www.microslides.eu/microslides/ CELKA] - [http://www.microslides.eu/microslides http://www.microslides.eu/microslides] [http://www.microslides.eu/microslides/ ''Celka''] produces twelve kinds of cardboard micro-slides for the storage of foraminifers and other microfossils.

=== Presentation and documentation techniques ===

* [http://palaeo-electronica.org/1998_2/lyons/issue2.htm QUICKTIME VR: A POWERFUL NEW ILLUSTRATIVE TOOL FOR MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH] by Patrick D. Lyons and Laurence Head, [http://palaeo-electronica.org/toc.htm Palaeontologica Electronica], 1998, vol. 1, Issue 2. Have a look at the results and ROTATE the [http://palaeo-electronica.org/1998_2/lyons/figure1.htm QuickTime VR Object of ''Elphidium crispum''.]

* [http://www.ing.pan.pl/stud4www/124_pdf/SGP124_021-035.pdf Chromo-stereoscopy as a tool in micropalaeontological investigations: echinoderms as a case study] by Andrzej Boczarowski, [http://www.ing.pan.pl/stud4www/124tom.html Studia Geologica Polonica, 124]: 21-36. Why not to use it for foraminifera?

* [http://www.bgr.bund.de/nn_322974/DE/Themen/GG__Palaeontol/Sammlung/Objekt__Monat/0306__cocco__3d.html Mikrofossilien in der "dritten Dimension" – neue Wege in der Paläontologie] by Harald Andruleit (BGR, Hannover)

=== Identification ===

* [http://gc.ucsd.edu/Proc/fossilsPROC2htm.html CLUES TO RECOGNIZING MICROFOSSILS IN SMEAR SLIDES]


== BIOLOGY of [[FORAMINIFERA]] ==

* The [http://www.bowserlab.org/starsand.html star*sand project], part of the [http://starcentral.mbl.edu/mv/portal.php?pagetitle=index micro*scope] system of websites, is a cooperative database of information about foraminifera.

* [http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/index.html The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History] [http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/foram/ The largest type collection of foraminifera] in the world.

* [http://www.bowserlab.org/foraminifera/forampage2.htm Foraminifera in BowserLab]

* Reticulopodia in action: [http://www.vcbio.science.ru.nl/eng/image-gallery/show/Fi003/gif/ Gliding movement and phagocytosis in a foraminifer (''Ammonia beccarii'')]

* MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY & OCEANOGRAPHY:
** [http://www.unige.ch/sciences/biologie/biani/msg/Amoeboids/Home.html Molecular Phylogeny of Amoeboid Protists] by [http://www.unige.ch/sciences/biologie/biani/msg/people.php Jan Pawlowski] [http://www.unige.ch/sciences/biologie/biani/msg/Amoeboids/Home.html http://www.unige.ch/sciences/biologie/biani/msg/Amoeboids/Home.html]
**[http://forambarcoding.unige.ch/ '''foramBARCODING'''] Molecular Database of Foraminifera - The foramBarcoding project coordinated by Jan Pawlowski and Maria Holzmann from [http://genev.unige.ch/ Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva].
** [http://www.unige.ch/sciences/biologie/biani/msg/people/Jan/forams.htm FORAMS DNA WEBPAGE] by [http://www.unige.ch/sciences/biologie/biani/msg/ Jan Pawlowski] [http://www.unige.ch/sciences/biologie/biani/msg/people/Jan/forams.htm http://www.unige.ch/sciences/biologie/biani/msg/people/Jan/forams.htm]
** [http://marine.rutgers.edu/dmcs/ms309/ MOLECULAR OCEANOGRAPHY] by [http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/Phyto/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=5&Itemid=3 Colomban de Vargas]: [http://marine.rutgers.edu/dmcs/ms309/ http://marine.rutgers.edu/dmcs/ms309/]
** [http://homepage.univie.ac.at/maria.holzmann/teach_books/vorlesung_5-8.pdf EVOLUTION VON EINZELLERN ZU MULTIZELLULÄREN ORGANISMEN PALÄONTOLOGISCHE UND MOLEKULARBIOLOGISCHE ASPEKTE] by [http://homepage.univie.ac.at/maria.holzmann/ Maria Holzmann] (PDF-presentation in German)


== FORAMINIFERA  AS  PROXIES ==

* [http://www.marine.usf.edu/reefslab/foramcd/html_files/titlepage.htm Foraminifers as bioindicators] by Heidi L. Crevison and Palmela Hallock on the website of [http://www.marine.usf.edu/ College of Marine Science, USF]
* [http://www.niwascience.co.nz/pubs/wa/08-3-Sep-2000/foraminifera.htm Fabulous Foraminifera: examining past climates using microscopic marine organisms] by  Barbara Manighetti & Lisa Northcote in ''Water & Atmosphere'', Vol. 8(3), © NIWA 2000

* [http://http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/ian.boomer/gallery/modern-IT-foraminifera.htm Recent British Intertidal Foraminifera] [http://http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/ian.boomer/gallery/modern-IT-foraminifera.htm http://http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/ian.boomer/gallery/modern-IT-foraminifera.htm]

* [http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/forams_b.shtml Benthic Foraminifers] by [http://www.usgs.gov/ U.S. Geological Survey] [http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/forams_b.shtml http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/forams_b.shtml]

* [http://hoopermuseum.earthsci.carleton.ca/11.html MicroWorld - Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum] [http://hoopermuseum.earthsci.carleton.ca/11.html http://hoopermuseum.earthsci.carleton.ca/11.html]

* [http://homepages.uni-tuebingen.de/michal.kucera/Medweb/Front%20Page.htm Reconstructing Palaeotemperature from Planktonic Foraminifera Counts] - MARGO

* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~strats/pwd.htm PALEOBATHYMETRIC MODELLING & FORAMINIFERAL MORPHOTYPES]


=== Foraminifera as pollution proxies ===

* [http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652004000100014&tlng=es&lng=en&nrm=iso Benthic foraminifera distribution in high polluted sediments from Niterói Harbor (Guanabara Bay), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil] by Vilela et al. (2004)

* [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-308/ofr-02-308.pdf Environmental quality and preservation - Chemical pollutants and toxic effects on benthic organisms, Biscayne Bay: A pilot study preceding Florida Everglades restoration]. USGS Open-File Report, 2002 - [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-308/ofr-02-308.pdf '''PDF''']



== CLASSIFICATION ==

* [[Classification of Foraminifera]]

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraminifera Wikipedia (en)]

* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraminifera Wikipedia (fr)]

*[http://www.archive.org/details/foraminiferathei00cush Foraminifera; their classification and economic use by Joseph A. Cushman (1928)]

*[http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/Grzybowski/2000.pdf The Year 2000 Classification of the Agglutinated Foraminifera by Michael A. Kaminski]


== REFERENCES ON THE FORAMINIFERIDA ==

* [[FORAMREFS]] compiled by Michael A. Kaminski


== MULTIMEDIAL RESOURCES ==

* [http://iwfdigiclip.iwf.de/iwf/start.jsp Online Mediatheque Prototype of IWF Knowledge and Media] includes a series of clips focused on the biology of foraminifera - Type "foraminifera" into Quick Search Filter to see 7 previews of the movies by  Rudolf Röttger (Kiel)  Christoph Hemleben (Tübingen), and Michael Spindler (Tübingen) in German or English versions. Other movies are also available.
* [http://scctv.net/biomedia/default.aspx?DepartmentID=1&SeriesID=6&SeriesIndex=2 PREVIEW: Introduction to Protists],  The Biology of Protists etc.
* [http://www.geo.uio.no/studier/laeringsobjekter/faunastofacies.html From modern faunas to facies interpretation] by Jenö Nagy & Tore Joranger (University of Oslo)
* [http://www.geo.uio.no/studier/laeringsobjekter/biofacies.html Biofacies and stratigraphy of sedimentary sequences] by Jenö Nagy & Tore Joranger (University of Oslo)


== MEDIA ON FORAMINIFERA ==

* [http://science.au.dk/en/news-and-events/news-article/article/new-discovery-in-nature-animals-can-breathe-without-oxygen/ New discovery in Nature: animals can breathe without oxygen] "... some foraminifera can breathe nitrate when they inhabit environments with no oxygen."