Table 1.
Foraminiferal abundances per microbialite type
| Microbialite type | Foraminifera | |||
| Calcareous | Agglutinated | Thecate | Total | |
| Type 1 stromatolitic mat | 40.3 ± 2.1 | 0 | 0.4 ± 0.5 | 40.7 ± 2.7 |
| Incipient type 2 stromatolitic mat | 17.5 ± 17.3 | 0.2 ± 0.3 | 1.0 ± 1.2 | 18.8 ± 18.7 |
| Type 2 stromatolitic mat | 9.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 10.1 |
| Thrombolitic mat | 24.4 ± 1.0 | 4.0 ± 1.2 | 3.4 ± 2.4 | 31.9 ± 4.7 |
Microbialite types investigated listed with mean abundance (per cm3) ± SD of rose Bengal-stained calcareous, agglutinated, and thecate foraminifera from Highborne Cay microbialite duplicates. Note there is no replicate for type 2 mat.