Marine Science Faculty Publications
A New Disease in Reef-Dwelling Forminifera: Implications for Coastal Sedimentation
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1995
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.25.3.280
Abstract
A new disease is afflicting Amphistegina spp., foraminifera whose shells produce up to 90% of the sand-sized sediments in nearshore zones of some Indo-Pacific islands. Disease symptoms have been prevalent in A. gibbosa in the Florida Keys since summer 1991, and were seen in both Caribbean and Indo-Pacific species in 1992-93. Although cause of the disease is undetermined, field and laboratory data indicate that solar irradiance may be a factor. Whatever the cause, implications for coastal sedimentation will be serious if Indo-Pacific populations ever sustain long-term damage of the magnitude seen in the Florida Keys in 1992-93.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Foraminiferal Research, v. 25, issue 3, p. 280-286
Scholar Commons Citation
Hallock, Pamela; Talge, Helen K.; Cockey, Elizabeth M.; and Muller, Robert G., "A New Disease in Reef-Dwelling Forminifera: Implications for Coastal Sedimentation" (1995). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 975.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/975
