Session: Micropaleontological Applications to Problems of Urbanization (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

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1:30 PM

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA IN LONG ISLAND SOUND AS INDICATORS OF EUTROPHICATION

ABRAMSON, Irina¹, THOMAS, Ellen¹, VAREKAMP, Johan C.² and BUCHHOLTZ TEN BRINK, Marilyn R.³, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139, (2)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139, (3)Coastal and Marine Program, U.S. Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, iabramson@wesleyan.edu, iabramson@wesleyan.edu

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1:45 PM

DISTRIBUTION OF MODERN DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS IN BUZZARDS BAY (MA) REFLECTS URBAN AND SUBURBAN NUTRIENT INPUTS

POSPELOVA, Vera¹, CHMURA, Gail², LATIMER, James³ and BOOTHMAN, Warren³, (1)Geography Department & The Centre for Climate and Global Change Research, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada, (2)Geography Department, McGill Univiversity, 805 Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada, (3)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, RI 02882, vera.pospelova@mail.mcgill.ca, vera.pospelova@mail.mcgill.ca

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2:00 PM

POLLUTION MONITORING IN TWO NORTH AMERICAN ESTUARIES:HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS USING BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA

SCOTT, David B.¹, TOBIN, Richard², LATIMER, James S.³, BOOTHMAN, Warren S.³, HAURY, Verena⁴, WILLIAMSON, Michelle¹ and MEDIOLI, Franco S.¹, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie Unviersity, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada, (2)Earth Sciences, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada, (3)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, RI 02882, (4)Dept. of Geology, Erlangen Univ, Erlangen, Germany, dbscott@is.dal.ca, dbscott@is.dal.ca

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2:20 PM

DO BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES REFLECT HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN SEDIMENTS OF BISCAYNE BAY, FLORIDA, USA?

HOARE, Ana M.¹, HALLOCK, Pamela¹, LIDZ, Barbara H.², REICH, Christopher D.² and SHINN, Eugene A.², (1)College of Marine Science, Univ of South Florida, 140 7th Ave. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, Center for Coastal and Regional Marine Studies, 600 4th St. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, ahoare@marine.usf.edu, ahoare@marine.usf.edu

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2:35 PM

FROM WATERSHED CLEARANCE TO INDUSTRIALIZATION – THE SEDIMENT RECORD OF ESTUARINE PALEOPRODUCTIVITY

CHMURA, Gail L.¹, SANTOS, Antelmo², POSPELOVA, Vera³, SPASOJEVIC, Zorana³ and LATIMER, James S.², (1)Department of Geography & Centre for Climate and Global Change Research, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St. W, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada, (2)NHEERL, Atlantic Ecology Division, USEPA Office of Rsch and Development, 27 Tarzwell Dr, Narragansett, RI 02882, (3)Geography Department & The Centre for Climate and Global Change Research, McGill Univ, 805 Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada, chmura@felix.geog.mcgill.ca, chmura@felix.geog.mcgill.ca

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2:50 PM

FORAMINIFERS AS BIOINDICATORS IN CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS

HALLOCK, Pamela, College of Marine Science, Univ of South Florida, 140 Seventh Ave. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, pmuller@marine.usf.edu, pmuller@marine.usf.edu

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3:10 PM

HEALTH STATUS OF FORAMINIFERAL POPULATIONS IN NUECES BAY, TEXAS

BUZAS-STEPHENS, Pamela A., Midwestern State Univ, 3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308-2095, pamela.stephens@mwsu.edu, pamela.stephens@mwsu.edu

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3:25 PM

USES OF DIATOMS AS BIOINDICATORS OF URBANIZATION

DOUGLAS, Marianne and DRAKULIC, Natasa, Geology, Univ of Toronto, 22 Russell St, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, msvd@geology.utoronto.ca, msvd@geology.utoronto.ca

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3:40 PM

NEW APPLICATIONS OF FRESHWATER RHIZOPODS TO PROBLEMS OF URBANIZATION

MEDIOLI, Franco S. and SCOTT, David B., Earth Sciences, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada, medioli@is.dal.ca, medioli@is.dal.ca

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4:00 PM

MONITORING OIL SPILL BIOREMEDIATION USING MARSH FORAMINIFERA AS INDICATORS

SABEAN, Jennifer A., Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser Univ, 301 West 15th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1Y3, Canada, SCOTT, David B., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie Unviersity, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada and LEE, Kenneth, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, jennsabean@hotmail.com, jennsabean@hotmail.com

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4:15 PM

POLLUTION, FORAMINIFERA AND REMEDIATION OF A SAN FRANCISCO BAY MARSH

LIPPS, Jere H., JONES, Haley and WEBER, Michele, Department of Integrative Biology & Museum of Paleontology, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, haleyj@uclink.berkeley.edu, haleyj@uclink.berkeley.edu

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4:30 PM

TRANSOCEANIC BALLASTED AND NO-BALLAST-ON-BOARD VESSELS AS VECTORS OF NONINDIGENOUS FORAMINIFERAL INTRODUCTIONS

MCGANN, Mary¹, JOHENGEN, Thomas H.², REID, David F.³, RUIZ, Gregory M.⁴ and HINES, Anson H.⁴, (1)Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, M/S 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem Research, Univ of Michigan, 2200 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (3)Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2205 Commonwealth Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, (4)Smithsonian Environmental Rsch Ctr, P.O. Box 28, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037, mmcgann@usgs.gov, mmcgann@usgs.gov

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4:45 PM

THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH FLORIDA ON THE ECOSYSTEMS OF FLORIDA AND BISCAYNE BAYS AS REFLECTED IN THEIR FORAMINIFERAL RECORDS

ISHMAN, Scott E., Department of Geology, Southern Illinois Univ, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4324, sishman@geo.siu.edu, sishman@geo.siu.edu

2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

T31. Micropaleontological Applications to Problems of Urbanization