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Overview

Pamela Hallock is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with an emphasis on Oceanography, Ecology, Ocean Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Mechanical Engineering as subfields. The work encompasses various topics including Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Drilling and Well Engineering, and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis.

Among their recent publications, significant papers include: "Why did some larger benthic foraminifera become so large and flat?" published in 2020 in Sedimentology; "Contributions of Trimorphic Life Cycles to Dispersal and Evolutionary Trends in Large Benthic Foraminifers," published in 2022 in the Journal of Earth Science. These papers contribute to understanding marine microfossils and their ecological and evolutionary implications.

Other frequently appearing publication venues for their work are The Journal of Foraminiferal Research, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Marine Micropaleontology, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) from La Trobe University. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research stands out as a recurring outlet, reflecting a concentrated interest in micropaleontology and foraminiferal studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Pamela Hallock include Flavio S. Anselmetti, Alexandra R. Isern, Peter Blum, Tesfaye Kidane Birke, and Stephen Burns. These collaborations suggest engagement with a multidisciplinary team across related scientific domains, supporting integrative research approaches.

  • Why did some larger benthic foraminifera become so large and flat? (2020, Sedimentology)
  • Contributions of Trimorphic Life Cycles to Dispersal and Evolutionary Trends in Large Benthic Foraminifers (2022, Journal of Earth Science)
  • A review of symbiotic gorgonian research in the western Atlantic and Caribbean with recommendations for future work (2020, Coral Reefs)
  • Distribution of recent Foraminifera as depositional indicators in Yongle Atoll, Xisha Islands, South China Sea (2020, Marine Micropaleontology)
  • Can Areas of High Alkalinity Freshwater Discharge Provide Potential Refugia for Marine Calcifying Organisms? (2022, The Journal of Foraminiferal Research)

  • Flavio S. Anselmetti
  • Alexandra R. Isern
  • Peter Blum
  • Tesfaye Kidane Birke
  • Stephen Burns

  • The Journal of Foraminiferal Research
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Micropaleontology
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Mechanical Engineering

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Best Publications

  • Nutrient excess and the demise of coral reefs and carbonate platforms

    Pamela Hallock;Wolfgang Schlager

  • Larger Foraminifera: A Tool for Paleoenvironmental Analysis of Cenozoic Carbonate Depositional Facies

    Pamela Hallock;E. C. Glenn

  • Foraminifera as Bioindicators in Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring: The Foram Index

    Pamela Hallock;Barbara H. Lidz;Elizabeth M. Cockey-Burkhard;Kelly B. Donnelly

  • The role of nutrient availability in bioerosion: Consequences to carbonate buildups

    Pamela Hallock

  • Fluctuations in the trophic resource continuum: a factor in global diversity cycles?

    Pamela Hallock

  • Why are larger Foraminifera large

    Pamela Hallock

  • Carbonate Factories: A Conundrum in Sedimentary Geology

    L. Pomar;Pamela Hallock

  • Carbonate Systems along Nutrient and Temperature Gradients: Some Sedimentological and Geochemical Constraints

    Maria Mutti;Pamela Hallock

  • Symbiont-bearing Foraminifera

    Pamela Hallock

  • Internal Waves, an Under-Explored Source of Turbulence Events in the Sedimentary Record

    L. Pomar;M. Morsilli;P. Hallock;B. Bádenas

  • Similarities between planktonic and larger foraminiferal evolutionary trends through Paleogene paleoceanographic changes

    Pamela Hallock;Isabella Premoli Silva;Anne Boersma

  • Distribution of selected species of living algal symbiont-bearing foraminifera on two Pacific coral reefs

    Pamela Hallock

  • Global change and modern coral reefs: New opportunities to understand shallow-water carbonate depositional processes

    Pamela Hallock

  • Symbiont-Bearing Foraminifera: Harbingers of Global Change?

    Pamela Hallock

  • Influence of environment on the test shape of Amphistegina

    Pamela Hallock;Linda B. Forward;Hans Joergen Hansen

  • Coral Reefs, Carbonate Sediments, Nutrients, and Global Change

    Pamela Hallock

  • Reef building and carbonate production modes in the west-central Tethys during the Cenozoic

    Luis Pomar;Juan I. Baceta;Pamela Hallock;Guillem Mateu-Vicens

  • Algal Symbiosis: A Mathematical Analysis

    Pamela Hallock

  • Production of Carbonate Sediments by Selected Large Benthic Foraminifera on Two Pacific Coral Reefs

    Pamela Hallock

  • Subtropical carbonates in a temperate realm; modern sediments on the Southwest Australian shelf

    Noel P. James;Lindsay B. Collins;Yvonne Bone;Pamela Hallock

  • Platforms of the Nicaraguan Rise: Examples of the Sensitivity of Carbonate Sedimentation to Excess Trophic Resources

    Pamela Hallock;Albert C. Hine;Gabriel A. Vargo;Jane A. Elrod

  • Trends in test shape with depth in large, symbiont-bearing foraminifera

    Pamela Hallock

Frequent Co-Authors

Michal Kucera
Michal Kucera University of Bremen
Hildegard Westphal
Hildegard Westphal Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology
Albert C. Hine
Albert C. Hine University of South Florida
Luis Pomar
Luis Pomar University of the Balearic Islands
Silvia Spezzaferri
Silvia Spezzaferri University of Fribourg
Frank E. Muller-Karger
Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida
Chuanmin Hu
Chuanmin Hu University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Henry T. Mullins
Henry T. Mullins Syracuse University
Maria Triantaphyllou
Maria Triantaphyllou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Jan Pawlowski
Jan Pawlowski Heidelberg University

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