DISTRIBUTION OF FORAMINIFERA IN THE SETIU ESTUARY AND LAGOON, TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA

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Research Article| April 01, 2012 DISTRIBUTION OF FORAMINIFERA IN THE SETIU ESTUARY AND LAGOON, TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA Stephen J. Culver; Stephen J. Culver 6 1Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA 6Correspondence author. E-mail: [e-mail] Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar David J. Mallinson; David J. Mallinson 1Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar D. Reide Corbett; D. Reide Corbett 1Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA2Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Eduardo Leorri; Eduardo Leorri 1Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Ajm A. Rouf; Ajm A. Rouf 3Institute of Oceanography, University Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Noor Azhar Mohd Shazili; Noor Azhar Mohd Shazili 3Institute of Oceanography, University Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Rosnan Yaacob; Rosnan Yaacob 3Institute of Oceanography, University Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar John E. Whittaker; John E. Whittaker 4Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Martin A. Buzas; Martin A. Buzas 5Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Peter R. Parham Peter R. Parham 1Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Stephen J. Culver 6 1Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA David J. Mallinson 1Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA D. Reide Corbett 1Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA2Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA Eduardo Leorri 1Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA Ajm A. Rouf 3Institute of Oceanography, University Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia Noor Azhar Mohd Shazili 3Institute of Oceanography, University Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia Rosnan Yaacob 3Institute of Oceanography, University Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia John E. Whittaker 4Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK Martin A. Buzas 5Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA Peter R. Parham 1Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 27858, USA 6Correspondence author. E-mail: [e-mail] Publisher: Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Received: 20 Dec 2010 Accepted: 28 Nov 2011 First Online: 13 Jul 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-264X Print ISSN: 0096-1191 © 2012 Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Journal of Foraminiferal Research (2012) 42 (2): 109–133. https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.42.2.109 Article history Received: 20 Dec 2010 Accepted: 28 Nov 2011 First Online: 13 Jul 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Stephen J. Culver, David J. Mallinson, D. Reide Corbett, Eduardo Leorri, Ajm A. Rouf, Noor Azhar Mohd Shazili, Rosnan Yaacob, John E. Whittaker, Martin A. Buzas, Peter R. Parham; DISTRIBUTION OF FORAMINIFERA IN THE SETIU ESTUARY AND LAGOON, TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 2012;; 42 (2): 109–133. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.42.2.109 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyJournal of Foraminiferal Research Search Advanced Search Abstract The Setiu wetland of peninsular Malaysia is threatened by expansion of aquaculture. Water quality of the estuary-lagoon complex is becoming affected by nutrients introduced into the system at floating fish cages and by the clear-cutting of large areas of fringing mangrove forest for the creation of land-based fish and shrimp pens. We report here on the distribution of benthic foraminifera in the estuary-lagoon and related environmental variables. These data will form the baseline against which future environmental monitoring will be compared.Four thanatofacies are recognized by cluster analysis of the dead foraminiferal abundance data; their distribution is closely related to variations in salinity and other parameters related to the hydrodynamics of the region. This relation is confirmed by DCA and DCCA analyses. A low salinity estuarine thanatofacies (D1) has a low diversity assemblage dominated by the agglutinated taxa Ammotium directum, Trochammina amnicola, Miliammina fusca and Ammobaculites exiguus. A medium salinity lagoon thanatofacies (D2) has low diversity and is strongly dominated by the agglutinated Ammobaculites exiguus. Ammobaculites exiguus and Ammonia aff. A. aoteana dominate a high diversity, high salinity thanatofacies (D3) in both the estuary and the lagoon. A normal marine salinity thanatofacies (D4), found at an inlet and in the immediately adjacent lagoon, has a high diversity assemblage dominated by the calcareous taxa Amphistegina lessonii and Ammonia aff. A. aoteana. Five biofacies recognized by cluster analysis of live foraminiferal data exhibit similar salinity-related distribution patterns as the thanatofacies. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.