Recent Benthic Foraminifera of Breton and Stake Islands Northern Gulf of Mexico
Fifty-three species of recent benthic foraminifera and thecamoebians have been documented and described from the Breton and Stake Island area, northern Gulf of Mexico, and from a core from Barataria Basin, Mississippi delta. Cluster analysis of benthic assemblages using presence/absence and transfor...
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ftolddominionuni:oai:digitalcommons.odu.edu:oeas_etds-1345 2024-04-21T07:58:58+00:00 Recent Benthic Foraminifera of Breton and Stake Islands Northern Gulf of Mexico Collins, Eric S. 1988-10-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_etds/326 https://doi.org/10.25777/fct9-0h61 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/oeas_etds/article/1345/viewcontent/Collins_RecentBenthic_1988_Redacted.pdf unknown ODU Digital Commons https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_etds/326 doi:10.25777/fct9-0h61 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/context/oeas_etds/article/1345/viewcontent/Collins_RecentBenthic_1988_Redacted.pdf In Copyright. URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). OES Theses and Dissertations Foraminifera Fossil Facies Gulf of Mexico Geology text 1988 ftolddominionuni https://doi.org/10.25777/fct9-0h61 2024-03-28T00:39:33Z Fifty-three species of recent benthic foraminifera and thecamoebians have been documented and described from the Breton and Stake Island area, northern Gulf of Mexico, and from a core from Barataria Basin, Mississippi delta. Cluster analysis of benthic assemblages using presence/absence and transformed abundance data reveals the presence of a marsh and shallow water marine biofacies. Based on the results of a presence/absence cluster analysis, the shallow water marine biofacies can be subdivided into a miliolid biofacies am an Ammonia beccarii/Elphidium species biofacies. Cluster analysis of transformed abundance data, however, shows that the shallow marine biofacies can be subdivided into four biofacies: a miliolid biofacies, an Ammonia beccarii/Elphidiurm species biofacies, an Elphidiurn species/ Ammonia beccarii/ biofacies am an Elphidiurm gunteri biofacies. The marsh biofacies is restricted to Breton Island, the Ammonia beccarii/ Elphidiurm species biofacies is restricted to the forebar locality of Breton Island, the Elphidiurn qunteri biofacies is restricted to Stake Island, the Elphidiurm species/ Ammonia beccarii biofacies occurs mainly in the back island lagoon locality of Breton Island, am the miliolid biofacies is located on Breton and Stake Islands. Canonical, discriminant function analysis of physical and chemical variables at (a) the surface sediment-water interface am (b) the water mass approximately an above the seabed shows that the four localities (Breton Islam barrier island (1), forebar (2), back island lagoon (3) am Stake Island barrier island (4)) are significantly different from each other. Grain size variations are the primary discriminators at the surface sediment-water interface. An interaction of variables discriminates the water masses, although turbidity, Eh and concentration of dissolved oxygen appear to be the primary discriminators. Variations in the percentages Ammonia beccarii and Elphidiurm species within the forebar am back island lagoon localities of Breton Islam may be due to ... Text Breton Island Old Dominion University: ODU Digital Commons |
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Fifty-three species of recent benthic foraminifera and thecamoebians have been documented and described from the Breton and Stake Island area, northern Gulf of Mexico, and from a core from Barataria Basin, Mississippi delta. Cluster analysis of benthic assemblages using presence/absence and transformed abundance data reveals the presence of a marsh and shallow water marine biofacies. Based on the results of a presence/absence cluster analysis, the shallow water marine biofacies can be subdivided into a miliolid biofacies am an Ammonia beccarii/Elphidium species biofacies. Cluster analysis of transformed abundance data, however, shows that the shallow marine biofacies can be subdivided into four biofacies: a miliolid biofacies, an Ammonia beccarii/Elphidiurm species biofacies, an Elphidiurn species/ Ammonia beccarii/ biofacies am an Elphidiurm gunteri biofacies. The marsh biofacies is restricted to Breton Island, the Ammonia beccarii/ Elphidiurm species biofacies is restricted to the forebar locality of Breton Island, the Elphidiurn qunteri biofacies is restricted to Stake Island, the Elphidiurm species/ Ammonia beccarii biofacies occurs mainly in the back island lagoon locality of Breton Island, am the miliolid biofacies is located on Breton and Stake Islands. Canonical, discriminant function analysis of physical and chemical variables at (a) the surface sediment-water interface am (b) the water mass approximately an above the seabed shows that the four localities (Breton Islam barrier island (1), forebar (2), back island lagoon (3) am Stake Island barrier island (4)) are significantly different from each other. Grain size variations are the primary discriminators at the surface sediment-water interface. An interaction of variables discriminates the water masses, although turbidity, Eh and concentration of dissolved oxygen appear to be the primary discriminators. Variations in the percentages Ammonia beccarii and Elphidiurm species within the forebar am back island lagoon localities of Breton Islam may be due to ... |
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Recent Benthic Foraminifera of Breton and Stake Islands Northern Gulf of Mexico |
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Recent Benthic Foraminifera of Breton and Stake Islands Northern Gulf of Mexico |
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Recent Benthic Foraminifera of Breton and Stake Islands Northern Gulf of Mexico |
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