Benthic foraminifers in the regional monitoring program’s San Francisco Estuary samples
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Abstract
For over three decades, sand-sized protozoans known as foraminifers have made contributions to our understanding of environmental problems in urban areas (Alve, 1991; Clark, 1971; Ellison et al., 1986; Watkins, 1961). Benthic foraminiferal assemblages are particularly sensitive pollution indicators in estuarine and coastal areas (Alve, 1995) because they vary spatially and temporally in relation to environmental variables and can respond to almost imperceptible physical change in the environment due to pollutants. Foraminifers also have similar distributions to those of shallow marine invertebrates (Buzas and Culver, 1991, 1993), and can therefore act as proxies for larger organisms in polluted environments. In addition, the ability of foraminifers to respond to environmental degradation is enhanced because they reproduce quickly, as often as every three months to one year (Murray, 1991).
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Other Report |
| Title | Benthic foraminifers in the regional monitoring program’s San Francisco Estuary samples |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | San Francisco Estuary Institute |
| Publisher location | Richmond, CA |
| Contributing office(s) | San Francisco Bay-Delta, Pacific Regional Director's Office |
| Description | 10 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | Other Report |
| Larger Work Title | 1997 Annual Report for the Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances in the San Francisco Estuary |
| First page | 249 |
| Last page | 258 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |