Pamela Hallock Muller
Professor
Biogeological Oceanography
Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1977
Office Phone: (727) 553-1567
Email: pmuller@usf.edu
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Research Interests
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:
- decadal-scale changes in reef communities of the Florida Keys
- development of bioindicators applicable to reef environments worldwide
- effects of potentially toxic elements (e.g., arsenic, heavy metals) on foraminiferal assemblages in tropical environments
- larger benthic foraminifers in Miocene reef communities
- effects of ocean acidification on calcification in benthic organisms
Selected Publications
Ayoub, L.M., Hallock, P., Coble, P.G., Bell, S.S. 2012. MAA-like absorbing substances in Florida Keys phytoplankton vary with distance from shore and CDOM: Implications for coral reefs. JEMBE 420:91-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.03.026
Hallock, P. 2012. The FORAM Index revisited:Usefulness, challenges and limitations. Proc. International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia, July 9-13, 2012.
The FORAM Index revisited
Morsilli, M., Bosellini, F.R., Pomar, L., Hallock, P., Aurell, M., Papazzoni, C.A. 2012. Mesophotic coral buildups in a prodelta setting (Late Eocene, southern Pyrenees, Spain): a mixed carbonate–siliciclastic system. Sedimentology, 59 (3):766-794. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01275.x
McIntyre-Wressnig, A., Bernhard, J.M., McCorkle, D.C., Hallock, P. (2012) Non-lethal effects of ocean acidification on the symbiont-bearing benthic foraminifera Amphistegina gibbosa. Marine Ecology Progress Series DOI:10.3354/meps09918.
Pomar, L., Morsilli, M., Hallock, P., Bádenas, B. 2011. Internal waves, an under-explored source of turbulence events in the sedimentary record. Earth-Science Reviews 111(1-2): 56-81. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.12.005
Triantaphyllou, M.V., Dimiza, M.D., Koukousioura, O., Hallock, P. 2012. Observations on the life cycle of the symbiont-bearing foraminifer Amphistegina lobifera Larsen, an invasive species in coastal ecosystems of the Aegean Sea (Greece, E Mediterranean). Journal of Foraminiferal Research 42(2): 143-150.
Hallock, P. 2011. Modern coral reefs under global change: New opportunities to understand carbonate depositional hiatuses. In Stanley, G.D., Jr. (ed), Corals and Reefs: Crises, Collapse and Change, The Paleontological Society Papers, 17:121-130.
Koukousioura, O., Dimiza, M.D., Triantaphyllou, M.V., Hallock, P. 2011. Living benthic foraminifera as an environmental proxy in coastal ecosystems: A case study from the Aegean Sea (Greece, NE Mediterranean). Journal of Marine Systems 88:489-501.
Soto, I.M., Muller Karger, F.E., Hallock, P., Hu, C. 2011. Sea surface temperature variability in the Florida Keys and its relationship to coral cover. Journal of Marine Biology 2012: doi:10.1155/2012/981723.
Walker, R., Hallock, P., Torres, J.J., Vargo, G.A. 2011. Photosynthesis and respiration in five species of benthic foraminifera that host algal endosymbionts. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 41(4):314-325.
