Holocene Ostracoda from Great Bay, New Jersey, United States
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[1] Rider University
Rider University
Township of Lawrence, Estados Unidos
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- Localización: Revista española de micropaleontología, ISSN 0556-655X, Vol. 10, Nº. 1, 1978, págs. 27-46
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
A Holocene ostracode fauna was collected from a New Jersey estuary and the taxonomy and distribution are discussed. The study represents a contribution to the knowledge of ostracodes from the eastern United States; previously the coastal area from Rhode Island to Delaware was neglected in this regard.
The fauna is unlike those of other middle-latitude estuaries and is composed of 20 species that represent 14 genera. Leptocythere domurati is described as new.
Individual species and biofacies (delineated by cluster analysis) were compared to various environmental factors such as water depth, salinity and the composition of the sediment. One biofacies, composed of Loxoconcha granulata and Cytheromorpha warneri newportensis was correlated significantly to the percent of sand in the sediment. Other biofacies showed a tendency to be related to water depth and the organic content of the sediment.
