{"title":"Foraminifera Associated With Swirled Spartina Patens Beds on Perched Marshes Along the Rocky Coastline of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia","authors":"B. Wilson, L. Hayek","doi":"10.2113/gsjfr.53.1.49","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n Perched marshes in Lunenburg County differ in exposure to prevailing waves (from most to least exposed: Crescent Beach, Blue Rocks, Feltzen South). We sampled the middle marsh, recording replicates’ dried masses. In picking stage 1 (PS1), the first 400 foraminifera, whether agglutinated or calcareous-walled, were picked and identified. From these data we calculated the Shannon Function H and compared the between-locale signals of benthic foraminifera using a relative-dominance index, ACW, for agglutinated and calcareous-walled foraminifera. Crescent Beach was a distinct locale with much medium-grained quartz sand and abundant allochthonous calcareous foraminifera (hence ACW < 1). The other sites’ ACWs ranged from ∼50–100. There was a significant negative ACW:residue mass correlation. In picking stage 2 (PS2), the remaining agglutinated foraminifera were picked. The Feltzen South perched marsh yielded only Miliammina fusca, perhaps reflecting high %N and %C. Meanwhile, Trochammina inflata was abundant at Crescent Beach and Blue Rocks.","PeriodicalId":54832,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Foraminiferal Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Foraminiferal Research","FirstCategoryId":"89","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.53.1.49","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PALEONTOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Perched marshes in Lunenburg County differ in exposure to prevailing waves (from most to least exposed: Crescent Beach, Blue Rocks, Feltzen South). We sampled the middle marsh, recording replicates’ dried masses. In picking stage 1 (PS1), the first 400 foraminifera, whether agglutinated or calcareous-walled, were picked and identified. From these data we calculated the Shannon Function H and compared the between-locale signals of benthic foraminifera using a relative-dominance index, ACW, for agglutinated and calcareous-walled foraminifera. Crescent Beach was a distinct locale with much medium-grained quartz sand and abundant allochthonous calcareous foraminifera (hence ACW < 1). The other sites’ ACWs ranged from ∼50–100. There was a significant negative ACW:residue mass correlation. In picking stage 2 (PS2), the remaining agglutinated foraminifera were picked. The Feltzen South perched marsh yielded only Miliammina fusca, perhaps reflecting high %N and %C. Meanwhile, Trochammina inflata was abundant at Crescent Beach and Blue Rocks.
期刊介绍:
JFR publishes original papers of international interest dealing with the Foraminifera and allied groups of organisms. Review articles are encouraged.