Foram ecology atlas

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A new foram publication is available on the World Wide Web. I compiled
"Planktic foraminifera and the physical environment in the Atlantic and
Indian Ocean - An atlas based on CLIMAP and Levitus (1982) data". Basically
it combines plots of relative abundances vs. a number of physical
parameters with a brief analysis of (extant) planktic foram ecology based
on this data. I did not intend a comprehensive review, however. It is more
like a technical report.
Much about planktic foram ecology has been derived from multivariate
statistics of the same kind of data. The atlas shows the structure in the
raw data including some physical parameters that have not been analysed in
the past. My students liked the plots because they show the multivariate
character of planktic foram adaptations in a graphic form. I like to work
with the atlas because it helps to understand populations and to locate
open questions.

All files together, the atlas has a size of 1.9 MB. If you want to become a
frequent user you may wish to save the download time and to have the atlas
"on your desk". The hypertext files are available. All relevant information
on how to get "reprints" is supplied with the atlas. The WWW address is:

http://www.erdw.ethz.ch/~heinz/HH1996/aa_start.html

Have fun and send me comments (link provided with the atlas).

Heinz Hilbrecht





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