Monitoring in Coastal Environments Using Foraminifera and Thecamoebian Indicators

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 11
Scope of This Book......Page 13
Who Should Read This Book......Page 15
TESTATE RHIZOPODS AS RELIABLE, COST-EFFECTIVE INDICATORS......Page 17
UTILITY OF TESTATE RHIZOPODS AS ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS......Page 18
Sensitivity to Environmental Change......Page 19
Reproduction Mode in Relation to Environment......Page 20
Trophic Position of Foraminifera and Thecamoebians......Page 22
BASIC ECOLOGIC DISTRIBUTIONS......Page 23
SPATIAL VARIABILITY AND PATTERNS......Page 24
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS......Page 25
Surface Samples......Page 26
Separation of Fossils from Sediment......Page 29
HANDLING WASHED RESIDUES......Page 31
Nearshore Subtidal Settings......Page 32
Continental Shelf Settings......Page 33
SOME DATA PRESENTATION OPTIONS......Page 34
TAPHONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS......Page 38
Bioturbation......Page 40
Living to Fossil Assemblage Transitions......Page 41
CaCO3 Dissolution......Page 42
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS......Page 43
Definitive Assemblages......Page 44
Applications......Page 45
Classification of Estuaries and Embayments......Page 57
Salinity/Temperature Indicators......Page 58
Turbidity Maxima......Page 63
Organic Matter Deposition......Page 64
Hurricane Detection in Estuarine Sediments......Page 66
Species Sensitivity......Page 67
Benthic Foraminifera and Oxygen......Page 68
Foraminifera/Organic Matter Interactions......Page 72
Foraminifera and Trace Metal Contamination......Page 76
Water Temperature Impacts......Page 77
Deformed Foraminifera Tests as Pollution Indicators......Page 80
Combined Use of Foraminifera and Other Organisms......Page 82
Foraminifera as Sediment and Transport Tracers......Page 84
Bedford Basin, Nova Scotia (Canada)......Page 96
Porter’s Lake, Nova Scotia (Canada)......Page 98
PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS......Page 102
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS......Page 109
PALEOPRODUCTIVITY......Page 110
FORAMINIFERA POPULATIONS AS INDICATORS OF CORAL REEF HEALTH......Page 111
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS......Page 112
General Considerations......Page 113
Biology of Thecamoebians......Page 115
THE FOSSIL RECORD......Page 118
PALEOECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS......Page 119
Lacustrine Niches......Page 120
Estuaries......Page 121
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS......Page 125
Freshwater Influence Detection......Page 127
Lakes in North America......Page 128
Lakes in Europe......Page 137
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS......Page 140
6 Conclusions and Final Remarks......Page 141
GLOSSARY......Page 143
Benthic foraminifera......Page 148
Miliolids......Page 156
Thecamoebians......Page 160
Bibliography......Page 169
Name Index......Page 185
Subject Index......Page 189