The foraminifera will be sorted into
seagrass-associated species and nonseagrass-associated species and proportions
compared with the modern calibration results to infer seagrass density. The
occurrence and abundance of seagrass is highly correlated with water quality in
shallow, coastal areas. A seagrass history based on simultaneous analyses of
seagrass proxies calibrated to present-day values is a unique approach to
reconstructing paleoenvironments that should result in a chronology against
which other paleoenvironmental results can be compared.
Rosalina bahamaensis
Todd
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