Foraminifera
Suggested reading

Bé A.W.H. 1967. Foraminifera: families Globigerinidae and Globorotaliidae. Fiches d'Identif. Zoopl., Cons. Perm. Int. Explor. Mer, 108, pp. 1-9.
—General identification guide for recent planktonic foraminifers.

Bé A.W.H. 1977. An ecological, zoogeographic and taxonomic review of Recent planktonic Foraminifera. In "Oceanic Micropaleontology" (A.T.S. Ramsay, ed.), Acad. Press, London, pp. 1-100.
—Excellent review of the identification and distribution of planktic foraminifers from the World Ocean.

Bé A.W.H., Tolderlund D.S. 1971. Distribution and ecology of living planktonic Foraminifera in surface waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. In "The micropalaeontology of oceans" (W.R. Riedel, B.M. Funnell, eds.), Cambridge Univ. Press., Cambridge, pp. 105-149.
—Although somewhat outdated, still one of the best references for the geographic distribution and abundance of planktic foraminifers in the Atlantic Ocean

Boltovskoy E. 1981. Foraminifera. In "Atlas del Zooplancton del Atlántico Sudoccidental y métodos de trabajo con el zooplancton marino" (D. Boltovskoy, ed.), Public. Esp. Inst. Nac. Inv. Desarrollo Pesq., Mar del Plata, pp. 317-352.
—General review summarizing identification and geographic distribution of planktic Foraminifera in Southwestern Atlantic waters.

Boltovskoy E., Wright R. 1976. Recent Foraminifera. Junk, The Hague, pp. 1-515.
—Textbook covering all aspects of the study of foraminifers, including the benthic species.

Hemleben C., Spindler M., Anderson O.R. 1989. Modern planktonic Foraminifera. Springer Verlag, New York, pp. 1-363.
—Detailed review of the taxonomy, biology, ecology, cytology and methods of research of planktic foraminifers.

Loeblich A.R., Tappan H. 1984. foraminiferal genera and their classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, pp. 1-970.
—Guide to the general classification of the Foraminifera.

Parker F.L. 1962. Planktonic foraminiferal species in Pacific sediments. Micropaleontology, 8:219-254.
—Useful guide for the identification of most planktic Foraminifera, with excellent line-drawings.

Saito T., Thompson P.R., Breger D. 1981. Systematic Index of Recent and Pleistocene Planktonic Foraminifera. Univ. Tokyo Press, Tokyo, pp. 1-190.
—Nicely illustrated guide including all Recent planktic Foraminifera, with synonymies, diagnoses, and distributional remarks.

Vincent E., Berger W.H. 1981. Planktonic foraminifera and their use in paleoceanography. In "The Oceanic Lithosphere", The Sea (7) (C. Emiliani, ed), Wiley, New York, pp. 1025-1119.
—Comprehensive review of paleontological and paleoecological aspects of foraminiferal research.