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Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
2023
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2023
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Encrusters have a proven history as indicators of environmental conditions in nearshore habitats and are useful in both ecological and paleoenvironmental research within benthic ecosystems. Off the coast of Pompano Beach, Florida, a Holocene storm deposit contains large accumulations of subfossil Acropora palmata fragments with these same encrusting organisms attached to their surfaces. The objective of this research was to create an inventory of encrusters found within the storm deposit and document their successional outgrowth to determine the post-depositional history of sampled coral fragments. Foraminifera and coralline algae were the most common species found, and various sequences of successional outgrowth were observed that indicated fragments were either deposited gradually, immediately buried, or reworked after initial burial. This information is vital for understanding modern biodiversity on the Pompano coast, and the development of nearshore benthic marine ecosystems during the mid-late Holocene.
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112 p.
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FA00014344
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Includes bibliography.
Thesis (MS)--Florida Atlantic University, 2023.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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2023
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2023
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2023
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2023
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2023
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FAU
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FA00014344
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Department of Geosciences
Attributed name: Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
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Ciesinski, Carson Park
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Graduate College
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112 p.
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SHALLOW-WATER ENCRUSTERS AND THE TAPHONOMY OF THE HOLOCENE STORM RIDGE OFF POMPANO BEACH, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
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2023
2023
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Fla.
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Title
SHALLOW-WATER ENCRUSTERS AND THE TAPHONOMY OF THE HOLOCENE STORM RIDGE OFF POMPANO BEACH, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
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SHALLOW-WATER ENCRUSTERS AND THE TAPHONOMY OF THE HOLOCENE STORM RIDGE OFF POMPANO BEACH, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA