Organizing the Talk!

Thanks for the submission.

Of course, I think this is a terrific study! But, what are you going to present to the class? Most of the listeners will know nothing about forams--what they are, there taxonomic history, evolutionary relationships, etc. Most people won't know what environmental reconstruction is.

You might consider in your resubmission:

• A history of Grahams Harbor/Rice Bay over the last 6000 years
  
• An Explanation of "Environmental Change" and the techniques used by ecologists to recognize environmental change
  
• Why forams are important
  
• Classification of forminifera
  
• Examples of use of forams in environmental reconstruction in other environments
  
• Presentation of preliminary results of your initial analyses
  

Check out these foram species abundances with changing depth. From Late Quaternary Stratigraphy, Microfossils and Paleooceanography of Gulf of St. Lawrence

Give your talk some direction, some flow!

Your fearless leader,

Hays

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