426 Paleoecology: Microfossils And Climate Change (3)
Paleoecology will focus on questions addressing past environments and past
climates based on the ecology of microfossils. Micro-organisms are very
sensitive to a wide variety of environmental conditions including temperature,
precipitation, hydrology, water chemistry, salinity, habitat, and pollution.
The fossil remains of these organisms are used as proxy indicators for
reconstructing past environmental conditions, climate change, vegetation
dynamics, and human impacts. Students will have the opportunity to process
microfossils and make interpretations based on analysis data. Prerequisite:
Permission of Instructor Offered: Every other Fall semester