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Collecting Techniques for Microfossil and Live Foraminifera

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A Manual of Practical Laboratory and Field Techniques in Palaeobiology

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Attempting biostratigraphical, palaeoecological, ecological or taxonomic work using microfauna as the primary data source requires methodical and systematic field collecting. In this section, sampling techniques used for the collection of fossil and live material is outlined. Fossil sample collecting, from outcrop (macro and micro) and borehole, will be described first followed by marine sediment sampling techniques, and the collection of live material. Methods associated with marine protozoan culture is not outlined as these are adequately detailed in Hemleben et al., (1989).

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Green, O.R. (2001). Collecting Techniques for Microfossil and Live Foraminifera. In: A Manual of Practical Laboratory and Field Techniques in Palaeobiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0581-3_4

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