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FORAMINIFERS AS BIOINDICATORS:

KEY SUBTROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN TAXA

Heidi L. Crevison and Pamela Hallock


The Reef Indicators Research Lab

At The University of South Florida
140 7th Ave. S
St. Petersburg, FL 33701


Foraminifera as bioindicators in coral reef assessment and monitoring
Methods
References: taxonomy and ecology
References: polluted and other stressed environments

Cyclorbiculina
Symbiont-bearing miliolids
Asterigerinaspiral
Symbiont-bearing rotaliids
Vertebralinamucronata
Smaller miliolids
Noniongrateloupi
Other smaller perforate taxa
Ammoniaspiral
Opportunistic taxa
Textulariaagglutinans
Agglutinated taxa