Inhaltsverzeichnis
I Introduction. - 1 Calcification Processes in Algae and Cyanobacteria. - 2 Classification of Microbial Carbonates. - II Major Groups. - 3 Calcified Cyanobacteria. - 4 The Solenoporaceae: A General Point of View. - 5 Coralline Algae: Mineralization, Taxonomy, and Palaeoecology. - 6 Cyclocrinitids. - 7 Dasycladalean Algae of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic. - 8 Cenozoic and Recent Dasycladales. - 9 Fossil Udoteaceae and Gymnocodiaceae. - 10 Recent Calcified Halimedaceae. - 11 The Genus Concept in Charophyta: Evidence from Palaeozoic to Recent. - 12 Calcification of the Charophyte Oosporangium. - 13 Calcareous Nannofossils. - 14 Fossil Calcareous Dinoflagellate Cysts. - III Algae and Stromatolites Through Time. - 15 Archaean and Proterozoic Stromatolites. - 16 Cambrian Calcareous Cyanobacteria and Algae. - 17 Ordovician Algae and Global Tectonics. - 18 Ordovician to Devonian Marine Calcareous Algae. - 19 Carboniferous Calcareous Algae. - 20 Permian Marine Calcareous Algae. - 21 Triassic and Jurassic Marine Calcareous Algae: A Critical Review. - 22 Mesozoic and Cenozoic Marine Benthic Calcareous Algae with Particular Regard to Mesozoic Dasycladaleans. - 23 Modern Stromatolites: A Review.