Plate 1. 1 Ammodiscus sp. (L); 2 - Miliammina fusca (Si); 3 - Miliammina petila (Si); 4 - Miliammina sp. (Si); 5 - Haplophragmoides canarienses (U); 6 - Haplophragmoides canariensis (S); 7 - Haplophragmoides canariensis (C); 8 - Haplophragmoides wilberti (U); 9

Fig. 23. Miliammina fusca .

Plate 1. 1&2 - Trochammina inflata  (S & U); 3- Miliammina fusca  (Si); 4- Guadryinella  sp. (Si); 5- Quinqueloculina seminulum  (Si); 6- Quinqueloculina akneriana  (Si); 7- Miliolinella oceanica  (Si); 8- Triloculina  sp. (Si); 9- Spiroloculina planulata  (Si); 10- Rosalina bradyi

Figure 28 1 Miliammina fusca . 2 Nonionellina labradorica : 2a, dorsal view; 2b, ventral view; 2c, side view. 3–6 Rosalina bulliodes morphotype columbiensis , deformed specimens. 7 R. bulloides morphotype columbiensis , normal specimen: 7a, dorsal view; 7b, side view. 8 Saccammina

PLATE 1 (Scale bars = 100 μm) 1. Pseudothurammina limnetis . 2. Miliammina fusca . 3, 4. Miliammina petila . 5. Haplophragmoides bonplandi . 6. Haplophragmoides hancocki . 7, 8. Haplophragmoides manilaensis . 9, 10. Haplophragmoides wilberti . 11. Trochamminita salsa . 12

PLATE 1 1. Miliammina fusca (Brady). a. side view, ×136. b. oblique apertural view, ×176. c. side view, ×176. 2. Miliammina obliqua (Heron-Allen and Earland). a. side view, ×200. b. apertural view, ×200. 3. Arenoparrella mexicana (Anderson). a. side view, ×200. b. oblique apertural view

FIG. 31. —Distribution of Miliammina fusca (H. B. Brady) in per cent of total population. Per cent of fraction larger than 0.149 mm. without parentheses; per cent of fraction smaller than 0.149 mm. in parentheses.

FIG. 32. —Distribution of Miliammina fusca (H. B. Brady) in per cent of living population. Per cent of fraction larger than 0.149 mm. without parentheses; per cent of fraction smaller than 0.149 mm. in parentheses.

FIG. 19. —Distribution of Miliammina fusca (H. B. Brady) in marsh and estuary samples, in percentage of total population.

FIG. 20. —Distribution of Miliammina fusca (H. B. Brady) in Mississippi Sound, in percentage of total population.

F igure 2. A comparison of modern to ancient marginal marine agglutinated foraminifera. Recent taxa include Trochammina inflata, Miliammina fusca, and Ammobaculites sp. obtained from Piermont, New York on the Hudson River. Cretaceous taxa include Trochammina ribstonensis, Miliammina

PLATE 1 Scale bar = 100μ m. 1 Arenoparrella mexicana (Kornfeld) 2 Tiphotrocha comprimata (Cushman and Brönnimann) 3,4 Siphotrochammina lobata Saunders 5 Jadammina macrescens (Brady) 6 Miliammina fusca (Brady) 7 Miliammina petila Saunders 8 Trochammina inflata (Montagu) 9

Figure 5 Photomicrographs of common benthic foraminifera identified within the Cocoa Creek depositional environment. A) Ammonium directum , B) Arenoparella mexicana , C) Haplophragmoides wilberti , D) Miliammina obliqua , E) Miliammina fusca , F) Monotalea salsa , G) Paratrochammina

T able 3. Sea level amplitude criteria based on foraminiferal population data. Environment Depth range Predominant morphotypes Modern genera Ancient genera MARSH Meter-scale Trochospiral Trochammina Trochammina (~0–1 m) Quinqueloculine Miliammina

T able 3. Sea level amplitude criteria based on foraminiferal population data. Environment Depth range Predominant morphotypes Modern genera Ancient genera MARSH Meter-scale Trochospiral Trochammina Trochammina (~0–1 m) Quinqueloculine Miliammina

T able 3. Sea level amplitude criteria based on foraminiferal population data. Environment Depth range Predominant morphotypes Modern genera Ancient genera MARSH Meter-scale Trochospiral Trochammina Trochammina (~0–1 m) Quinqueloculine Miliammina