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Benthic foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico distribution, ecology, paleoecology
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Benthic foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico [electronic resource] : distribution, ecology, paleoecology / C. Wylie Poag.
ISBN
1623492130
9781623492137
9781623491956 (printed case : alk. paper)
Edition
First edition.
Published
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2015. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (pages cm)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Variant and related titles
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 Complete.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2015 Ecology and Evolution.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2015
Series
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Ecology and distribution of predominant genera
Introduction
Environmental characteristics of the Gulf of Mexico
Physiography and geology of the Gulf Coastal Plain
Physiography of the gulf floor
Climate
Water mass stratification and current circulation
Sediments of the gulf floor
Marine biogeography
Previous studies of gulf benthic foraminifera
Generic predominance facies of modern gulf benthic foraminifera
Estuarine biotopes
Salt marshes
Mangroves
Florida Bay
Charlotte Harbor
Tampa Bay
Apalachicola Bay
St. Andrew Bay
Choctawhatchee Bay
Perdido Bay
Mobile Bay
Biloxi Bay
Mississippi Sound
East Mississippi Delta
Lake Pontchartrain
Timbalier Bay
Sabine Lake
Galveston Bay
Matagorda Bay
San Antonio Bay
Aransas Bay
Corpus Christi Bay
Baffin Bay
Laguna Madre (Texas)
Laguna Madre (Tamaulipas)
Laguna de Tamiahua
Laguna Alvarado
Laguna del Carmen
Laguna de Terminos
Estuarine summary
Continental shelf biotopes
Banks and reefs
Shelf zones of hypoxia
Continental slope biotopes
Gyre intraslope basin
Orca intraslope basin
Campeche Canyon
Cold hydrocarbon seeps
Continental rise and Florida Plain biotopes
Sigsbee Plain and Mississippi Fan biotopes
Relationships between generic predominance facies and environmental properties
Salinity
Temperature
Substrate
Water mass composition
Food supply, dissolved oxygen, and water clarity
Bottom topography
Holocene sea-level rise
Generic predominance diversity
Fossil foraminifera and paleoecological interpretation
Conclusions
Description and illustration of diagnostic species
Taxonomy and distribution
Plates: Scanning electron photomicrographs
Appendix 1: Supplementary figures and tables
Appendix 2: List of cosmopolitan benthic foraminiferal species
Appendix 3: List of regional benthic foraminiferal species
Appendix 4: List of endemic benthic foraminiferal species
Appendix 5: List of relict benthic foraminiferal species.
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