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Chemical Pollutants and Toxic Effects on Benthic Organisms, Biscayne Bay, Florida

Biscayne Bay Forams Home

Photo Gallery:

Common Forams of Biscayne Bay

Issues:

Everglades Restoration

Coral-Reef Health

Project Overview:

Phase I: Pilot Study

Phase II: Bay-Wide Assessment

Methods:

Introduction

Benthic Foram Analysis

Heavy-Metal Analysis

Grain-Size Analysis

References

Project Contact:

Barbara Lidz

References

Alve, E., 1995, Benthic foraminiferal responses to estuarine pollution; A review: Journal of Foraminiferal Research 25:190-203.

Cockey, E.M., Hallock, P., and Lidz, B., 1996, Decadal-scale changes in benthic foraminiferal assemblages off Key Largo, Florida: Coral Reefs 15:237-248.

Douglas, M.S., 1947, The Everglades: River of Grass (revised ed., 1988): Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL., 448 p.

Hallock, P., Lidz, B.H., Cockey-Burkhard, E.M., and Donnelly, K.B., 2002, Foraminifera as bioindicators in coral reef assessment and monitoring: The FORAM index: Proceedings, EMAP 2001 "Coastal Monitoring Through Partnerships" Symposium, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht/Boston/London, p. 221-238.

Hoare, A.M., 2002, Analysis of Biscayne Bay Sediments: Do Benthic Foraminifera Reflect Trace Metal Contamination? Unpublished M.S. Thesis, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, 107 p.

Ishman, S.E., Graham, I., and D'Ambrosio, J., 1997, Modern foraminifera distributions in Biscayne Bay: Analogues for historical reconstructions: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-34, 23 pp.

Ishman, S.E., 2000, Benthic foraminiferal distributions in South Florida: Analogs to historical changes, in Martin, R. (ed.), Environmental Micropaleontology: Plenum Press Topics in Geobiology, New York, p. 371-383.

Lidz, B.H. and Hallock, P., 1998, Skeletal grains in the Florida Keys-Proxy indicators for reef vitality and new evidence of reef decline: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Extended Abstracts 2(K-Z):A403, p. 1-4.

Lidz, B.H. and Hallock, P., 2000, Sedimentary petrology of a declining reef ecosystem, Florida reef tract (U.S.A.): Journal of Coastal Research 16(3):675-697.

Martin, R. (ed.), 2000, Environmental Micropaleontology: Plenum Press Topics in Geobiology, New York, 491 pp.

SERC, 2000 and 2001, Southeast Environmental Research Center, South Florida Water Quality Monitoring Network, Florida International University, Miami, FL. [URL: http://serc.fiu.edu/wqmnetwork/SFWMD-CD/DataDL.htm]

Shinn, E.A., and Reich, C.D., 1999, Trace element distribution in Florida Bay: Atmospheric or hydrologic deposition? (abs.): 1999 Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference, Key Largo, Fla., p. 89.

Yanko, V., Kronfeld, J., and Flexer, A., 1994, Response of benthic foraminifera to various pollution sources: Implications for pollution monitoring. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 24:1-17.

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