 FACULTY
Pamela Hallock Muller
Biogeological Oceanography
Professor, Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1977
(727) 553-1567
Studying both the geologic record and modern coral reefs, my students and I gain insight not only into environments of the past and present, but also the effects of human activities on future tropical benthic ecosystems. Our work has implications for cell biology, coral-reef ecology, environmental management, global environmental change, evolution, paleoceanography, sedimentology, and hydrocarbon exploration.
Ongoing or recently completed projects include:
a) decadal-scale changes in reef communities of the Florida Keys,
b) development of bioindicators applicable to reef environments worldwide,
c) effects of potentially toxic elements (e.g., arsenic, heavy metals) on foraminiferal assemblages in tropical environments,
d) larger benthic foraminifers in Miocene reef communities, and
e) effects of ocean acidification on calcification in benthic organisms.
Selected Publications
Hallock, P. 2005. Global change and modern coral reefs: New opportunities to understand shallow-water carbonate depositional processes. Sedimentary Geology. Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.12.027
Hallock, P., Sheps, K., Chaproniere, G.C.H., and Howell, M. 2006. Larger benthic foraminifers of the Marion Plateau, NE Australia (ODP Leg 194): Comparison of faunas from bryozoan (Site 1193, 1194) and red-algal (Site 1196-98) dominated carbonate platforms. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results, Volume 194, Chapter 2, p. 1-31.
Hallock, P., Williams, D.E., Fisher, E.M., and Toler, S.K. 2006. Bleaching in Foraminifera with algal symbionts: implications for reef monitoring and risk assessment. Anuário do Instituto de Geosciências – UFRJ, 29(1): 108-128.
Crevison, H., Hallock, P. 2007. Anomalous features observed on tests of live Archaiasine foraminifers from the Florida Keys, USA. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 37(3): 223-233.
Fisher, E.M., Fauth, J.E., Hallock, P., Woodley, C.M. 2007. Lesion regeneration rates in reef-building coral Montastraea spp. as indicators of colony condition. Marine Ecology Progress Series 339:61-71
Carnahan, E.A., Hoare, A.M., Hallock, P., Lidz, B.H., and Reich, C.D. 2008. Distributions of Heavy Metals and Foraminiferal Assemblages in Sediments in Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA. Journal of Coastal Research 24(1):159-169.
Sammarco, P.W., Hallock, P., Lang, J.C., LeGore, R.S. 2007. Roundtable Discussion Groups Summary Papers: Environmental Bio-Indicators in Coral Reef Ecosystems: The Need to Align Research, Monitoring, and Environmental Regulation. Environmental Bioindicators 2(1):35-46.
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