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Keith W. Abineri, West Borough, Wimborne, Dorset, UK: THE EXAMINATION OF MICROFOSSILS, NANNOFOSSILS AND OTHER MICROSCOPICAL OBJECTS USING CELLULOSE LACQUER ROCK PEELS.
Areawide Pest Management Research Unit (APMRU), U.S. Department of Agriculture: Pollen as Indicators of Source Areas and Foraging Resources.
Alwynne B. Beaudoin, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton: A CAREER AS A PALYNOLOGIST. See also Highlights from Recent CAP Newsletters. Selected articles online in palynology.
S. Blackmore (2007): Pollen and spores: Microscopic keys to understanding the earth´s biodiversity. In PDF, Pl. Syst. Evol., 263: 3-12.
! The Botanical Society of America: Online Image Collection. This is a collection of approximately 800 images available for instructional use. The site is run by a search engine database, designed and maintained by Scott Russell; slides scanned by Tom Jurik and Dave Webb. The copyright and any intellectual property rights for these images are retained by the individual donors. Visit "Set 10 - Pollen". Slides contributed by Darlene DeMason and Marsh Sundberg and others.
Monica Bruckner, Montana State University ( website hosted by Microbial Life, Educational Resources): Paleoclimatology: How Can We Infer Past Climates?
Paul F. Ciesielski, University of Florida: PALYNOMORPHS. Brief introduction.
! Owen Kent Davis, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson: Palynology. This page outlines information about palynology in the broadest sense. Go to Palynology Definitions & Illustrations . Excellent! See also: UofA Palynology Web Site of the Month.
! Owen Davis, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ: Palynology Definitions., and Pollen and Spore Identification Literature.
! Owen Davis, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson: Palynology - Pollen. Including a key to pollen classes.
Owen Kent Davis, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona Tucson: QUATERNARY PALYNOLOGY AND PLANT MACROFOSSILS. Lecture notes. Go to: Pollen Diagrams.
Danielle Drayton, Department of Biology, University of Miami: Welcome to the Fascinating World of Phylum Dinoflagellata (now via wayback archive). Information about dinoflagellate morphology, life history and evolution of dinoflagellates.
EMuseum, Minnesota State University, Mankato: Dating Techniques. Go to: Relative Dating Techniques, Pollen Analysis.
! Susanne Feist-Burkhardt and Annette E. Götz (2002): Kompaktkurse, Palynofazies und Sequenzstratigraphie (K1). PDF file, in German. SEDIMENT 2002, Frankfurt am Main - Darmstadt.
Kenneth L. Finger, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA: What Are Microfossils?
! Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville: Phytogeographic Inferences from Paleobotany (Powerpoint presentatation).
Sharma Lynn Gaponoff, AASP Newsletter 36: Palynology Storyboard (Powerpoint presentatation).
Michael Hesse et al. (2009): Pollen Terminology. An illustrated handbook. Abstract: "The term palynology was coined after a written discussion with Ernst ANTEVS and A. Orville DAHL in the Pollen Analysis Circular no. 8 by HYDE and WILLIAMS (1944)".
Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Palynology and its geological applications, and Pollen and Spores. Worth checking out: The Glossary.
! J. Jansonius and D.C. McGregor (1996): Introduction, Palynology: Principles and Applications. AASP Foundation. v. 1, pp 1-10: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE p.1-2.. The history of palynology.
! T.P. Jones and Nick P. Rowe (eds.), Google Books
(some pages are ommitted):
Fossil plants and spores:
modern techniques.
Published by Geological Society, 1999,
396 pages. Excellent! Click:
"Preview
the book".
Go to page 47:
Light microscopy of
fossil pollen and spores.
Petra Kaltenrieder and Peter von Ballmoos, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland: Introduction to Pollen Analysis. Go to: Illustrated key to the 44 pollen- and spore types found in quarternary sediments in Switzerland.
Wolfram M. Kürschner et al.: An introduction to the palynological approach: with some examples from studies on the Triassic - Jurassic transition in the Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria). Powerpoint presentation, Workshop 2007, Colorado Plateau Coring Project (CPCP).
J.H. Lipps, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley: Microfossils.
LRC Core Facility, Limnological Research Center,
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis:
Floral and faunal components,
Pollen prep flow chart (HTML website),
Pollen processing, and
Quantitative pollen spike.
Procedure writeups (PDF files).
John H. McAndrews, from CAP Newsletter 21(2):23, 1998: Palynological Myths: Monitoring Contamination of Fossil Pollen Preparations.
! M. Macphail and G.S. Hope (2003): Natural Histories: An illustrated guide to fossil pollen and spores preserved in swamps and mires of the Southern Highlands, NSW. PalaeoWorks Technical Report 1. 134 pollen and spore taxa as colour images.
! Andrew MacRae, Palynology at The University of Calgary Dept. of Geology and Geophysics: What is paleopalynology? Information about preservation and processing samples, spores, pollen and dinoflagellates, and type image repository. See also: Terrestrial palynomorphs -- spores and pollen.
R. Mathieu et al.: Manuel de Micropaléontologie . (in French). The Handbook of Micropaleontology. See also here (in PDF).
Micropaleontology Press: What is micropaleontology?
P.T. Moss, University of Queensland: Human impacts and paleoecology: A New World Perspective. Quaternary palynology lecture notes (PDF file, 5 MB).
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Matthew Olney, Micropalaeontology Unit, University College, London (now at Northern Illinois University, U.S.A.):
An insight into micropalaeontology.
The purpose of this site is to provide an introduction to the subject of micropalaeontology based
on microfossil images. Use the dark blue text to navigate
around the site. Go to:
Palynology.
Spores and Pollen.
Acritarchs and Chitinozoa.
Dinoflagellates.
See also:
The Link Page,
containing an alphabetical list of links that may be of interest or use to anyone
searching the world wide web on the subject of micropalaeontology.
Jeffrey M. Osborn: Palynology (PDF file).
! W. Punt, S. Blackmore, S. Nilsson and A. Le Thomas (a project of the Working Group on Palynological Terminology, under the auspices of the International Federation of Palynological Societies (IFPS). Second and revised edition by Peter Hoen, Department of Palaeobotany & Palynology, University of Utrecht: Glossary of Pollen and Spore Terminology (Second and revised edition by Peter Hoen, now via wayback archive). The objective of the project has been to provide a concise manual of terminology that can be used to clarify the communication of information concerning pollen grains and spores. Excellent!
Karl J. Reinhard, University of Nebraska, Lincoln: Palynology techniques for archaeology and geosciences. Lecture notes. For better navigation go there. Go to: Pollen Morphology.
Olaf Ronneberger et al., Lehrstuhl für Mustererkennung und Bildverarbeitung, Institut für Informatik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg: Automatic Identification and Counting of Airborne Pollen Grains.
O. Ronneberger, U. Heimann, E. Schultz, V. Dietze, H. Burkhardt, R. Gehrig: Automated pollen recognition using gray scale invariants on 3D volume image data (now via wayback archive). Second European Symposium on Aerobiology, Vienna / Austria, Sept. 5 - 9, 2000.
The Latz Research Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Dinoflagellates: This section describes the life history and ecology of dinoflagellates, and explains how and why they produce bioluminescence.
Michael G. Simpson: Palynology (Powerpoint presentatation).
Bruce G. Smith, Louisiana State University (with assistance by Brett Fitzgerald and Laura Quinn): Teacher Experiencing Antarctica, Procedures for Palynological Sample Preparation. Powerpoint presentation (13.7 MB).
Lee Spencer and Art Chadwick, Earth History Research Center (a non-profit, non-sectarian organization of scientists), Southwestern Adventist University Keene, TX: Name that Pollen or Spore.
Maryland Archeobotany, The Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory, Maryland´s State Museum of Archaeology, St. Leonard: See also: How To Read A Pollen Diagram.
Alfred Traverse (2005): Sedimentation of Organic Particles. Provided by Google books, e.g.: R.A. Gastaldo: The genesis and sedimentation of phytoclasts with examples from coastal environments.
Richard Tyson, Fossil Fuels and Environmental Geochemistry, Newcastle Research Group (NRG), Newcastle: An introduction to palynological fluorescence microscopy.
! Richard Tyson, Fossil Fuels and Environmental Geochemistry, Newcastle Research Group (NRG), Newcastle: Kerogen image gallery index. These images concentrate mainly on non-palynomorph particulate organic matter, plus some oil-prone "algal" palynomorphs.
Unit of Micropalaeontology, University College, London (website written, designed and produced by Matthew Olney, University College, London, U.K., now at Northern Illinois University, U.S.A.): MIRACLE, the Microfossil Image Recovery And Circulation for Learning and Education web-site. Go to: Palynology, and Spores and Pollen.
U.S. Geological Survey: Spores and Pollen.
Mittsy Voiles and Al Stenstrup: What Information Do Paleobotanists Use to Study Ancient Climates? PDF file, adapted from Global Change Education Resource Guide, Lynn L. Mortensen. See also here (Teacher Education for Sustainability. I. Global Change Education).
! Charles H. Wellman and Jane Gray (2000): The microfossil record of early land plants. PDF file, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B, 355: 717-732.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: A history of palynology.
! Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Micropaleontology,
Palynology,
Pollen,
Spores,
Palynofacies, and
A history of palynology.
See also: The German Wikipedia:
Palynologie,
Pollen, und
Sporen (in German).
Dan Yeloff and Chris Hunt (2004):
Fluorescence microscopy of pollen and spores: a tool for
investigating environmental change.
Abstract.
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