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Systematic Mapping of Bedrock and Habitats along the Florida Reef Tract—Central Key Largo to Halfmoon Shoal (Gulf of Mexico)

USGS Professional Paper 1751

by Barbara H. Lidz, Christopher D. Reich, and Eugene A. Shinn

Introduction: Table of Contents Project Overview Project Objective Geologic Setting Primary Datasets Primary Products - Overview Maps & Evolution Overview: Introduction Depth to Pleistocene Bedrock Surface Reef & Sediment Thickness Benthic Ecosystems & Environments Sedimentary Grains in 1989 Summary Illustration Index Map Evolution Overview Tile-by-Tile Analysis Organization of Report Tiles: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7/8, 9/10, 11 Summary Acknowledg- ments References Disclaimer Related Publications

Related Online Publications Lidz, B.H., 1997, Fragile Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys: Preserving the Largest Reef Ecosystem in the Continental U.S. - USGS Open-File Report 97-453 http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/97-453/print.html Lidz, B.H., 2000, Environmental Quality and Preservation—Bedrock Beneath Reefs: the Importance of Geology in Understanding Biological Decline in a Modern Ecosystem, USGS Open-File Report 00-046 https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-046/ Lidz, B.H., 2001, Environmental quality and preservation; reefs, corals, and carbonate sands; guides to reef-ecosystem health and environment, USGS Open-File Report 00-164 https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-164/ Lidz, B.H., 2002, Environmental quality and preservation—tiny windows to environmental change: the fascinating world of microfossils, USGS Open-File Report 02-192 Tiny Windows to Environmental Change: The Fascinating World of Microfossils Lidz, B.H., 2003, Chemical pollutants and toxic effects on benthic organisms, Biscayne Bay: a pilot study preceding Florida Everglades restoration, USGS Open-File Report 02-308 https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-308/ Lidz, B.H., 2005, Mapping benthic ecosystems and environments in the Florida Keys, USGS Open-File Report 2005-1002 Lidz, B.H., and Hallock, P., 2002, Sedimentary Petrology of a Declining Reef Ecosystem, Florida Reef Tract (U.S.A) http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/papers/sedpetro/ Lidz, B.H., Reich, C.D., and Shinn, E.A., 2003, Regional Quaternary submarine geomorphology in the Florida Keys: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 115, no. 7, p. 845-866 http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/papers/geomorph_keys/ Lidz, B.H., Reich, C.D., and Shinn, E.A., 2005, Systematic mapping of bedrock and habitats along the Florida reef tract: Central Key Largo to Halfmoon Shoal (Gulf of Mexico). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1714 (CD) https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/2007/1751 Lidz, B.H., Robbin, D.M., and Shinn, E.A., 2002, Holocene sediment thickness and facies distribution, Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary, Florida, chapter 4 in Bohnsack, J.A., Cantillo, A.Y., and Bello, M.J., eds., Resource Survey of Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary 1983: NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS CCMA 160; NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-478; NOAA LISD Current References 2002-8. NOAA/NOS National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD. 340 pp. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/cedardoc.html Lidz, B.H., and Rose, P.R., 2002, Diagnostic Foraminiferal Assemblages of Florida Bay and Adjacent Shallow Waters: A Comparison http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/papers/foram_assemblages/ Shinn, E. A., 2001, African dust causes widespread environmental distress, USGS Open-File Report 2001-246 http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/african_dust/sheet.html

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