Collins, Laurel

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Professor, Earth and Environment , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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collinsl@fiu.edu

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Laurel Collins is a Professor in the Earth and Environment department, specializing in Paleobiology/Paleontology.

research interests

Dr. Collins investigates environmental changes of the past and the extent to which they have affected evolution, including changes in evolutionary rates, communities, and organismal morphology. The originations and extinctions of fossil foraminiferal taxa and their ecology/paleoecology are used to identify evolutionary, paleoceanographic, paleoclimatic and tectonic trends through time.

selected publications

Article
- 2021
  
  Foraminiferal communities of a mid-Holocene reef: Isla Colon, Caribbean Panama. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY. 562.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110042 Web of Science: 000604584600007
- 2019
  
  Historical seagrass abundance of Florida Bay, USA, based on a foraminiferal proxy. JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY. 62:15-29.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10933-019-00072-6 Web of Science: 000467649300002
- 2017
  
  PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE UPPER MIOCENE TUIRA FORMATION, DARIEN, PANAMA. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH. 47:9-19.
  Web of Science: 000418395200003
- 2016
  
  Variability of foraminiferal stable isotope ratios in Caribbean shallow waters of Panama: A modern framework for Neogene studies. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY. 463:1-10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.09.004 Web of Science: 000387526000001
- 2013
  
  BIOGEOGRAPHIC EFFECTS OF THE CLOSING CENTRAL AMERICAN SEAWAY ON BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA OF VENEZUELA. BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE. 89:921-936.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5343/bms.2013.1006 Web of Science: 000326555900010
- 2013
  
  Correspondence of historic salinity fluctuations in Florida Bay, USA, to atmospheric variability and anthropogenic changes. JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY. 49:103-115.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9534-9 Web of Science: 000313728000008
- 2013
  
  ENVIRONMENTAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN SEAS ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE. 89:769-777.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5343/bms.2013.1018 Web of Science: 000326555900002
- 2013
  
  Response of diatom assemblages to 130 years of environmental change in Florida Bay (USA). JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY. 49:83-101.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9556-3 Web of Science: 000313728000007
- 2012
  
  Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus storage in subtropical seagrass meadows: examples from Florida Bay and Shark Bay. MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH. 63:967-983.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/MF12101 Web of Science: 000311409300003
- 2012
  
  FOUR THOUSAND YEARS OF HABITAT CHANGE IN FLORIDA BAY, AS INDICATED BY BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH. 42:3-17.
  Web of Science: 000299764800002
- 2010
  
  Distribution of Diatoms and Development of Diatom-Based Models for Inferring Salinity and Nutrient Concentrations in Florida Bay and Adjacent Coastal Wetlands of South Florida (USA). ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 33:1080-1098.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9283-4 Web of Science: 000282510200004
- 2010
  
  MARINE PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF MIOCENE-PLIOCENE FORMATIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL FALCON STATE, VENEZUELA. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH. 40:266-282.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.40.3.266 Web of Science: 000279380600006
- 2005
  
  An introduction to the geology of the Bocas del Toro archipelago, Panama. CARIBBEAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 41.
  Web of Science: 000234459600002
- 2004
  
  The geology of the Darien, Panama, and the late Miocene-Pliocene collision of the Panama arc with northwestern South America. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN. 116.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/B25275.1 Web of Science: 000225006700003
- 2003
  
  Early neogene history of the Central American arc from Bocas del Toro, western Panama. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN. 115.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0271:ENHOTC>2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000181194700002
- 2002
  
  Latitudinal difference in biodiversity caused by higher tropical rate of increase. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 99.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.122241499 Web of Science: 000176217700009
- 2002
  
  Controls on facies and sequence stratigraphy of an upper Miocene carbonate ramp and platfonn, Melilla basin, NE Morocco. SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY. 146.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(01)00131-2 Web of Science: 000173504300005
- 1999
  
  Micropaleontology. GEOTIMES. 44.
  Web of Science: 000081641300046
- 1998
  
  Micropaleontology. GEOTIMES. 43.
  Web of Science: 000071807500052
- 1997
  
  The distribution of Recent benthic foraminifera across habitats of Bocas del Toro, Caribbean Panama. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH. 27.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.27.3.232 Web of Science: A1997XM67100006
- 1996
  
  Earliest evolution associated with closure of the Tropical American Seaway. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 93.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.12.6069 Web of Science: A1996UQ45500073
- 1995
  
  Timing and rates of emergence of the Limon and Bocas del Toro basins: Caribbean effects of Cocos Ridge subduction?
Correction
- 2003
  
  Controls on facies and sequence stratigraphy of an upper Miocene carbonate ramp and platform (vol 146, pg 285, 2002). SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00105-7 Web of Science: 000179724200007
Review
- 2016
  
  Formation of the Isthmus of Panama. SCIENCE ADVANCES.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600883 PMID: 27540590 Web of Science: 000383734300039
- 2007
  
  Relationship of benthic foraminiferal diversity to paleoproductivity in the Neogene Caribbean. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY. 223-245.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.05.017 Web of Science: 000251204200002
- 2007
  
  Trends in Caribbean Paleoproductivity related to the Neogene closure of the Central American Seaway. MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY. 57-74.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.11.003 Web of Science: 000246158600004

chaired theses and dissertations

Pletka, Crystal, Neogene Changes in Caribbean Paleoproductivity and the Diversity and Paleobiogeography of Deep-sea Benthic Foraminifera 2016
Powell, Jacqueline Bowen, Larger Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy, Systematics And Paleoenvironments of The Avon Park Formation and Ocala Limestone, Highlands County, Florida 2010
Cheng, Jie, Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Florida Bay, South Florida, Using Benthic Foraminifera 2009
Wachnicka, Anna Honorata, Quantitative Diatom-Based Reconstruction of Paleoenvironmental Conditions in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay, U.S.A. 2009

principal investigator on

Legacy Database of the Panama Paleontology Project. awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2013
Resolving Chemical Properties and Extend of Crude Oil and Dispersant Distribution in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill awarded by University of South Florida 2010 - 2012

co-principal investigator on

Scholarships for a Future Generation of Geoscientists awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2023
MRI: Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope for Geoscience, Forensic Chemistry and Science Education Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2019

investigator on

Effects of Sea Level Rise, Climate Variability and Humans on Coastal and Estuarine Areas of South Florida (U.S.A.) awarded by U.S. Geological Survey 2015 - 2018

full name

Laurel Collins

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4181-7271 (confirmed)

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