Collins, Laurel

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Collins, Laurel

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

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Article
- 2023
  
  Distinguishing Coastal Habitats of Caribbean Panama with Benthic Foraminifera. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH. 53:243-255.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.53.3.243
- 2022
  
  Controls on sedimentary accumulation of organic matter during Cretaceous oceanic anoxic event 2, IODP site U1407, Southeast Newfoundland Ridge. MARINE GEOLOGY. 443.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106699 Web of Science: 000744248600001
- 2021
  
  ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF MODERN BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES AND THEIR USE AS PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH. 51:182-209.
  Web of Science: 000701787100005
- 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
- 2019
  
  Effects of infaunal foraminifera on surface and subsurface assemblages in the southwestern everglades, usa: Baseline study for paleoenvironmental analyses
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2110/sepmsp.111.03
- 2017
  
  PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE UPPER MIOCENE TUIRA FORMATION, DARIEN, PANAMA. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH. 47:9-19.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.47.1.9 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
  
  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
  
  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
  
  Dedication to Anthony G Coates. BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5343/bms.2013.1030
- 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. 41:374-391.
  Web of Science: 000234459600002
- 2003
  
  Early neogene history of the Central American arc from Bocas del Toro, western Panama. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN. 115:271-287.
  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. 99:7841-7843.
  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. 146:285-304.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(01)00131-2 Web of Science: 000173504300005
- 1999
  
  Micropaleontology. GEOTIMES. 44:46-47.
  Web of Science: 000081641300046
- 1998
  
  Micropaleontology. GEOTIMES. 43:46-47.
  Web of Science: 000071807500052
- 1997
  
  The distribution of Recent benthic foraminifera across habitats of Bocas del Toro, Caribbean Panama. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH. 27:232-249.
  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. 93:6069-6072.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.12.6069 Web of Science: A1996UQ45500073
- 1996
  
  Environmental Changes in the Southern Caribbean Associated with Closure of the Panamanian Isthmus: A Comparison of Stable Isotope Data from Bivalves and Foraminifera
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/s2475262200001404
- 1996
  
  The late Miocene Panama isthmian strait. GEOLOGY. 24:687-690.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0687:TLMPIS>2.3.CO;2
- 1995
  
  Timing and rates of emergence of the Limon and Bocas del Toro basins: Caribbean effects of Cocos Ridge subduction?
- 1995
  
  Timing and rates of emergence of the Limón and Bocas del Toro basins: Caribbean effects of Cocos Ridge subduction?
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/SPE295-p263
- 1993
  
  Diversity and extinction of tropical American mollusks and emergence of the isthmus of Panama. SCIENCE. 260:1624-1626.
- 1993
  
  Neogene paleoenvironments of the Bocas del Toro Basin, Panama
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000037008
- 1992
  
  Closure of the Isthmus of Panama: The near-shore marine record of Costa Rica and western Panama. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN. 104:814-828.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1992)104<0814:cotiop>2.3.co;2
- 1991
  
  Regional versus physiographic effects on morphologic variability withinBulimina aculeata andB. marginata. MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY. 17:155-170.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0377-8398(91)90026-3
- 1990
  
  The correspondence between water temperature and coiling direction in Bulimina. PALEOCEANOGRAPHY. 5:289-294.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/PA005i003p00289
- 1989
  
  Evolutionary rates of a rapid radiation: the Paleogene planktic foraminifera
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/3514773
- 1989
  
  Experiments on predation, substrate preference and colonization of benthic Foraminifera at the shelfbreak off the Ft. Pierce Inlet, Florida. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH. 19:146-152.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.19.2.146
- 1989
  
  Relationship of environmental gradients to morphologic variation within Bulimina aculeata and Bulimina marginata, Gulf of Maine area. JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH. 19:222-234.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2113/gsjfr.19.3.222
- 1988
  
  The faunal structure of a mid‐Cretaceous rudist reef core
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1988.tb02079.x
- 1987
  
  On the value of taxonomic standardization in evolutionary studies
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S009483730000871X
- 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. 116:1327-1344.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/B25275.1 Web of Science: 000225006700003
Conference
- 2020
  
  CHANGES IN MICROFOSSILS AND GEOCHEMISTRY THROUGH MID-CRETACEOUS OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT 2 AT WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC IODP SITE U1407
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/abs/2020am-359823
- 2020
  
  ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF MODERN BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES FOR THEIR USE AS PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/abs/2020am-355074
- 2019
  
  MICROFOSSIL RESPONSE TO MID-CRETACEOUS OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT 2 AT NORTH ATLANTIC IODP SITE U1407
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/abs/2019am-332683
- 2019
  
  PRISTINE TO MODERN: A COMPARISON OF SHALLOW-WATER MODERN AND MID-HOLOCENE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES FROM COASTAL BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/abs/2019am-339802
- 2019
  
  THE HISTORY AND PROSPECTS OF HABITAT CHANGE DUE TO SEA LEVEL RISE FOR FLORIDA’S COASTAL EVERGLADES USING BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/abs/2019am-335746
- 2018
  
  HISTORY OF PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN EVERGLADES (FLORIDA, USA) USING FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/abs/2018am-324197
- 2017
  
  A BASELINE STUDY FOR ASSESSING LAND-USE CHANGES ALONG THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF PANAMA
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/abs/2017am-308139
- 2017
  
  A ~3,800-YEAR RECORD OF SEAGRASS COVERAGE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, BASED ON FORAMINIFERA
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/abs/2017am-303817
- 2017
  
  SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MODERN FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN EVERGLADES, FLORIDA, USA
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/abs/2017am-307395
- 2016
  
  BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL FACIES OF A CARIBBEAN, MID-HOLOCENE CORAL REEF, ISLA COLON, BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/abs/2016am-286844
Other Scholarly Work
- 2003
  
  Controls on facies and sequence stratigraphy of an upper Miocene carbonate ramp and platform (vol 146, pg 285, 2002). SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY. 191-192.
  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 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

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

Grant
- Scholarships for a Future Generation of Geoscientists awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2024
- 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

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