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Foraminifera
Introduction to the taxonomic group and information on their appearance in the fossil record where they can be used to date rocks, their life history, ecology and morphology.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/foram/foramintro.html
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Geomarine Research
Information about a New Zealand company engaged in the study of modern and fossil marine foraminifera. Includes abstracts of publications and discussions of research methods.
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~bw.hayward/
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Foraminifera
Information on these single celled organisms with diagrams and images.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/foram.html
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Foraminifera
Information from Wikipedia on these amoeboid protists with a test or shell, their diversity and life cycle and use as fossils in dating rocks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraminifera
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The Collection and Mounting of Foraminifera
Information on how the amateur collector can find Foraminifera on the shore and can clean and mount them for display.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov98/bdforam3.html
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What are Foraminifera?
Forams as they are usually known, are abundant in all the oceans. Information on their biology, what they eat, what eats them, and their use in dating rocks and as environmental indicators.
http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/foram/whatarefor.htm
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Image Gallery
Photographs of about twenty species of foraminifera collected from an estuary in the Netherlands.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artfeb04/cbforam.html
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Finding the Chalk Makers: The Foraminifera
Information and photographs of the organisms responsible for chalk deposits, how to find them, prepare and observe them under the microscope.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul98/bdforam1.html
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Foram Gallery
A collection of photographs of members of the Foramenifera with information about each.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmar00/forwim.html
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Xenophyophores, the Giants of the Protozoan World
Article by Dave Walker on these large single celled organisms found deep in the ocean.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov98/xeno1.html
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