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T119. The Role of Microfossils in Environmental Monitoring

 
CHANGES IN FEEDING RATE AFFECT FORAMINIFERAL SPECIES COMPOSITION AND ABUNDANCE
BERNHARD, Joan M.1, MCCORKLE, Daniel C.1, PHALEN, William2, MEZZO, Francesco3, and MCINTYRE-WRESSNIG, Anna4, (1) Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, jbernhard@whoi.edu, (2) Environmental Studies Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, (3) Department of Evolutionary and Experimental Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy, (4) Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Mailstop 52, Woods Hole, MA 02543
 
THE EFFECTS OF OIL FROM THE MACONDO BLOWOUT ON INFAUNAL FORAMINIFERA OF LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI MARSHES
BRUNNER, Charlotte, Dept of Marine Science, Univ of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, Charlotte.Brunner@usm.edu, KEIM, Joseph A., Dept of Biological Sciences, Univ Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, YEAGER, Kevin M., Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, LA 40506, BRIGGS, Kevin B., Marine Geosciences Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, and LOUCHOUARN, Patrick, Dept of Oceanography, Texas A&M Univ, 5007 Avenue U, Galveston, TX 77551
 
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING FORAMINIFERAL DISTRIBUTION IN BELLINGHAM BAY, NORTHERN PUGET SOUND
NESBITT, Elizabeth A., Burke Museum, Univeristy of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 89195-3010, lnesbitt@u.washington.edu, TOMLINSON, Robert J., Earth and Space Sciences Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, and MARTIN, Ruth A., Earth and Space Sciences Department, Univeristy of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010
 
SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY, TOXICITY, AND FORAMINIFERAL DISTRIBUTIONS AT CONTAMINATED SITES OFF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MCGANN, Mary, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, M/S 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, mmcgann@usgs.gov and SCHIFF, Kenneth C., Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, 3535 Harbor Blvd, Suite 110, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
 
USING BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA TO ASSESS WATER QUALITY AND POLLUTION IN COASTAL FLORIDA
LOBEGEIER, Melissa K., Department of Geosciences, Middle Tennessee State University, Box 9, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, Melissa.Lobegeier@mtsu.edu
 
THE PROPAGULE BANK AS AN EXPERIMENTAL TOOL IN FORAMINIFERAL ECOLOGY
GOLDSTEIN, Susan T., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, sgoldst@gly.uga.edu, ALVE, Elisabeth, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047 Blindern, Oslo, 0316, Norway, and BERNHARD, Joan M., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543
 
RESPONSES TO CHEMICAL EXPOSURE BY FORAMINIFERA: DISTINGUISHING DORMANCY FROM MORTALITY
ROSS, Benjamin J., College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, benjaminross@mail.usf.edu and HALLOCK, Pamela, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
 
THE FORAM INDEX: A SINGLE-METRIC INDICATOR OF COASTAL AND REEF WATER QUALITY
HALLOCK, Pamela, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, pmuller@usf.edu
 
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF A SHIPPING CHANNEL ON FORAMINIFERA AND SEDIMENTS, MOBILE BAY, AL, USA
OSTERMAN, Lisa E., St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 Fourth St. South FL, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, osterman@usgs.gov and SMITH, Christopher G., St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 Fourth Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
 
CALIBRATING MICROFOSSIL INDICATORS: HOW MANY SAMPLES ARE ENOUGH?
REAVIE, Euan D., Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1900 East Camp Street, Ely, MN 55731, ereavie@d.umn.edu and JUGGINS, Steve, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
 
TEST DEFORMATION IN FORAMINIFERA: VARIABLE IMPACTS CAUSED BY METAL CONTAMINATION AND/OR LOWERED PH IN ESTUARINE AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
HART, Malcolm Barrie, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA United Kingdom, mhart@plymouth.ac.uk
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