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001 2014016900
003 DLC
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008 140429s2015 txuab b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2014016900
020 $a9781623491956 (printed case : alk. paper)
020 $a9781623492137 (ebook)
035 $a(TXA)4744248
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050 00 $aQL368.F6$bP59 2015
082 00 $a579.4/40916364$223
100 1 $aPoag, C. Wylie,$eauthor.
245 10 $aBenthic foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico :$bdistribution, ecology, paleoecology /$cC. Wylie Poag.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aCollege Station :$bTexas A&M University Press,$c2015.
300 $a239 pages :$billustrations (some color), color maps ;$c29 cm +$e1 map (color ; 51 x 58 cm, folded to 26 x 15 cm).
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aHarte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series
500 $aFolded color map in pocket.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aEcology and distribution of predominant genera -- Introduction -- Environmental characteristics of the Gulf of Mexico -- Physiography and geology of the Gulf Coastal Plain -- Physiography of the gulf floor -- Climate -- Water mass stratification and current circulation -- Sediments of the gulf floor -- Marine biogeography -- Previous studies of gulf benthic foraminifera -- Generic predominance facies of modern gulf benthic foraminifera -- Estuarine biotopes -- Salt marshes -- Mangroves -- Florida Bay -- Charlotte Harbor -- Tampa Bay -- Apalachicola Bay -- St. Andrew Bay -- Choctawhatchee Bay -- Perdido Bay -- Mobile Bay -- Biloxi Bay -- Mississippi Sound -- East Mississippi Delta -- Lake Pontchartrain -- Timbalier Bay -- Sabine Lake -- Galveston Bay -- Matagorda Bay -- San Antonio Bay -- Aransas Bay -- Corpus Christi Bay -- Baffin Bay -- Laguna Madre (Texas) -- Laguna Madre (Tamaulipas) -- Laguna de Tamiahua -- Laguna Alvarado -- Laguna del Carmen -- Laguna de Terminos -- Estuarine summary -- Continental shelf biotopes -- Banks and reefs -- Shelf zones of hypoxia -- Continental slope biotopes -- Gyre intraslope basin -- Orca intraslope basin -- Campeche Canyon -- Cold hydrocarbon seeps -- Continental rise and Florida Plain biotopes -- Sigsbee Plain and Mississippi Fan biotopes -- Relationships between generic predominance facies and environmental properties -- Salinity -- Temperature -- Substrate -- Water mass composition -- Food supply, dissolved oxygen, and water clarity -- Bottom topography -- Holocene sea-level rise -- Generic predominance diversity -- Fossil foraminifera and paleoecological interpretation -- Conclusions -- Description and illustration of diagnostic species -- Taxonomy and distribution -- Plates: Scanning electron photomicrographs -- Appendix 1: Supplementary figures and tables -- Appendix 2: List of cosmopolitan benthic foraminiferal species -- Appendix 3: List of regional benthic foraminiferal species -- Appendix 4: List of endemic benthic foraminiferal species -- Appendix 5: List of relict benthic foraminiferal species.
650 0 $aForaminifera$xEcology$zMexico, Gulf of.
650 0 $aForaminifera$zMexico, Gulf of$xGeographical distribution.
650 0 $aPaleoecology$zMexico, Gulf of.
650 0 $aForaminifera, Fossil$zMexico, Gulf of.
830 0 $aHarte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series.