Recent benthic foraminifera from Twofold Bay, Eden NSW: Community structure, biotopes and distribution controls

• Published in: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Dean, Lyndsay, De Deckker, Patrick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Keywords: benthic foraminifera; biotope; cluster analysis; community composition; community structure; dissolution; facies analysis; human activity; marine sediment; radiocarbon dating; recreational activity; reworking; sedimentology; spatial distribution; species cluster analysis; diversity; Fisher Alpha index; foraminiferal biotope; radiocarbon; sedimentary facies; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74030; https://doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2013.792294; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/74030/5/f5625xPUB3936_2013.pdf.jpg; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/74030/7/01_Dean_Recent_benthic_foraminifera_2013.pdf.jpg

Twofold Bay lies at the confluence of two oceanic boundaries, the near end of the East Australian Current and waters from the Southern Ocean. The Bay is NSW's largest commercial fishing port and has been home to much anthropogenic activity, ranging from w