Dr. Fred B. Phleger (1909-1993)
- Ph.D., Geology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1936
- M.S., Geology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A., 1932
Dr. Fred B. Phleger was professor of oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, from 1951-1977. He was a pioneer in the ecology and paleoecology of foraminiferan protists (both planktonic and benthic) and helped establish, in his thirty-five years at Scripps, the now thriving field of paleoceanography. His interests were broad, ranging from the deep-sea environment to shelf and lagoonal processes as reflected in foraminiferal distributions. Regarding pre-Recent studies, he was among the first to show that Ice Age climatic fluctuations can be read from deep-sea sediments.
Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Phleger has published the following:
Parker, F. L., F. B. Phleger, and J. F. Peirson. 1953. Ecology of Foraminifera from San Antonio Bay and environs, southwest Texas. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Special Publication No. 2.
Phleger, F. B. 1951. Ecology of Foraminifera, northwest Gulf of Mexico, Part I: Foraminifera distribution. Geological Society of America Memoir 46, Part 1.
Phleger, F. B. 1954. Ecology of Foraminifera and associated microorganisms from Mississippi Sound and environs. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 38: 584–647.
Phleger, F. B. 1955. Ecology of Foraminifera in southeastern Mississippi delta area. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 39: 712–752.
Phleger, F. B. 1955. Foraminiferal faunas in cores offshore from the Mississippi delta. Deep-Sea Research 3, Supplement (Papers in Marine Biology and Oceanography): 45–57.
Phleger, F. B. 1956. Significance of living foraminiferal populations along the central Texas coast. Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research 7: 106–151.
Phleger, F. B. 1965. Living Foraminifera from coastal marsh, southwestern Florida. Boletín Sociedad Geologica Mexicana 28: 45–59.
Phleger, F. B. 1965. Patterns of living marsh Foraminifera in south Texas coastal lagoons. Boletín Sociedad Geologica Mexicana 28: 1–44.
Phleger, F. B. 1965. Patterns of marsh Foraminifera, Galveston Bay, Texas. Limnology and Oceanography 10 (supplement): R169–R184.
Phleger, F. B., and R. R. Lankford. 1957. Seasonal occurrences of living benthonic Foraminifera in some Texas bays. Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research 8: 93–105.
Phleger, F. B., and R. R. Lankford. 1978. Foraminifera and ecological processes in the Alvarado Lagoon area, Mexico. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 8: 127–131.
Phleger, F. B., and F. L. Parker. 1951. Ecology of Foraminifera, northwest Gulf of Mexico, Part II: Foraminifera species. Geological Society of America Memoir 46, Part 2.
Phleger, F. B., and F. L. Parker. 1954. Gulf of Mexico Foraminifera. Pp. 235–241 in P. S. Galtsoff, ed. Gulf of Mexico, Its Origin, Waters, and Marine Life. Fishery Bulletin 89. Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Volume 55, Washington, D.C.