Laurel Collins
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Publications
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2021Foraminiferal 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
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2019Historical 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
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2017PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE UPPER MIOCENE TUIRA FORMATION, DARIEN, PANAMA. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH. 47:9-19.Web of Science: 000418395200003
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2016Variability 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
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2013BIOGEOGRAPHIC 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
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2013Correspondence 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
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2013ENVIRONMENTAL, 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
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2013Response 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
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2012Carbon, 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
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2012FOUR THOUSAND YEARS OF HABITAT CHANGE IN FLORIDA BAY, AS INDICATED BY BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH. 42:3-17.Web of Science: 000299764800002
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2010Distribution 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
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2010MARINE 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
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2005An introduction to the geology of the Bocas del Toro archipelago, Panama. CARIBBEAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 41.Web of Science: 000234459600002
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2004The 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
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2003Early 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
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2002Latitudinal 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
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2002Controls 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
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1999Micropaleontology. GEOTIMES. 44.Web of Science: 000081641300046
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1998Micropaleontology. GEOTIMES. 43.Web of Science: 000071807500052
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1997The 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
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1996Earliest 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
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1996The late Miocene Panama isthmian straitFull Text via DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0687:TLMPIS>2.3.CO;2
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1993Neogene paleoenvironments of the Bocas del Toro Basin, PanamaFull Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000037008
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1989Evolutionary rates of a rapid radiation: the Paleogene planktic foraminiferaFull Text via DOI: 10.2307/3514773
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1988The faunal structure of a mid‐Cretaceous rudist reef coreFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1988.tb02079.x
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1987On the value of taxonomic standardization in evolutionary studiesFull Text via DOI: 10.1017/S009483730000871X
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2007Relationship 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
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2007Trends 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
Research
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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 2018 - 2020
- MRI: Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope for Geoscience, Forensic Chemistry and Science Education Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2017 - 2019
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Teaching
teaching activities
- BSC3941-U13: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
- EVR4920-U01: Environmental Studies Senior Seminar Spring Term 2019
- EVR4920-U01: Environmental Studies Senior Seminar Spring Term 2019
- GLY4937-U01: Senior Seminar in Geological Sciences Spring Term 2019
- GLY6061-U01: Geoscience Systems Fall Term 2019
- GLY6910-U11: Supervised Research Fall Term 2019
- GLY6910-U23: Supervised Research Spring Term 2019
- ISC4940-U06: Undergraduate Research Internship in Earth and Environment Spring Term 2019
- ISC4940-U12: Undergraduate Research Internship in Earth and Environment Fall Term 2019
- MET4937-U01: Senior Seminar in Atmospheric Science Spring Term 2019
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- Laurel Collins
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publication subject areas
- Environmental Sciences & Ecology
- Fisheries
- Geology
- Marine & Freshwater Biology
- Oceanography
- Paleontology
- Physical Geography
- Science & Technology - Other Topics