Open AccessForaminiferal Distribution in Two Nova Scotia Marshes
Author(s) -
B Deonarine
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
atlantic geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1718-7885
pISSN - 0843-5561
DOI - 10.4138/1352
Subject(s) - marsh , cove , nova scotia , foraminifera , geology , oceanography , population , sediment , paleontology , ecology , geomorphology , wetland , biology , demography , benthic zone , sociology
Thirty sediment samples from marshes at Peggy's Cove and Clementsport, Nova Scotia, were examined and nine benthonic foraminifera species identified. Agglutinated tests form 98% of the total Foraminiferal population.Trochammina macrescens is the dominant form in upper marsh environments. This species is gradually replaced by Miliammina fuaca as lower marsh conditions are developed. M. fusca comprises 97% of the total population in the lower marsh environments sampled in this study.