有孔虫——大海里的“小巨人”

Foraminifera: the small giant in the ocean

简单介绍了有孔虫以及影响其丰度的生态和死态因素,并从有孔虫与石油地质学的关系,以及有孔虫在生物地层学和古海洋学的应用等三个方面介绍了有孔虫研究的意义。

The foraminifers are very small one cell organisms which primarily live in the ocean. Their normal sizes, less than one millimeter, could be observed by the help of a light microscope. Fossil foraminifers are a very important microfossil group which has played an important role in the studies of petroleum geology, biostratigraphy and paleoceanography.