Benthic foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico : distribution, ecology, paleoecology / C. Wylie Poag.

Author/creator Poag, C. Wylie author.
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EditionFirst edition.
PublicationCollege Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2015.
Description239 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm + 1 map (color ; 51 x 58 cm, folded to 26 x 15 cm).
Subjects

SeriesHarte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series. ^A759418
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.
General noteFolded color map in pocket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2014016900
ISBN9781623491956 (printed case : alk. paper)
ISBN1623491959 (printed case : alk. paper)
ISBN9781623492137 (ebook)
ISBN1623492130 (ebook)

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