Pamela Hallock Muller
Professor
Biogeological Oceanography
Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1977
Office Phone: (727) 553-1567
Email: pmuller@marine.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
Souder, H.C., McCloskey, B.J., Hallock, P., and Byrne, R. 2010. Shell anomalies observed in a population of Archaias angulatus (Foraminifera) from the Florida Keys (USA) sampled in 1982-83 and 2006-07. Marine Micropaleontology 77:71-81.
Dupont, J., Hallock, P., Jaap, W.C. 2010. Ecological Impacts of the 2005 Red Tide on Artificial Reef Epibenthic Macroinvertebrate and Fish Communities in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series 415:189-200.
Martinez-Colon, M., Hallock, P., Green-Ruiz. C. 2009. Potentially toxic elements and strategies for use of shallow water benthic foraminifers as bio-indicators: A review. Journal of Foraminiferal Resarch 39(4):278-299.
Hallock, P., Pomar. L. 2009. Cenozoic Evolution of Larger Benthic Foraminifers: Paleoceanographic Evidence for Changing Habitats. Proc. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 7-11 July 2008, 1:16-20.
Carnahan, E.A., A.M. Hoare, P. Hallock, B.H. Lidz, C.D. Reich. 2009. Foraminiferal Assemblages in Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA: Responses to Urban and Agricultural Influence in a Subtropical Estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin 59:221-233.
Baker, R.D., Hallock, P., Moses, E.F., Williams, D.E., Ramirez, A. 2009. Larger foraminifers of the Florida Reef Tract, USA: Distribution patterns on reef-rubble habitats. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 39(4):267-277.
Pomar, L., P. Hallock. 2008. Carbonate Factories: A Conundrum in Sedimentary Geology. Earth Science Reviews 87: 134-169.
Mateu-Vicens,G., P. Hallock, and M. Brandano. 2008. Depositional model and paleoecological reconstruction of the Lower Tortonian distally steepened ramp of Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). Palaios 23:465-481.
Dupont, J.M., Jaap, W.C., Hallock, P. 2008. A Retrospective Analysis and Comparative Study of Stony Coral Assemblages in Biscayne National Park (1977-2000). Journal of Caribbean Research 44(3): 334-344.
Carnahan, E.A., A.M. Hoare, P. Hallock, B.H. Lidz, C.D. Reich. 2008. Distributions of Heavy Metals and Foraminiferal Assemblages in Sediments in Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA. Journal of Coastal Research 24(1):159-169.
