Abstract
Foraminifera include calcareous or agglutinated, testbearing, single-celled and amoeboid-like organisms, found in great abundance in various marine environments encompassing the deep sea, coastal waters and intertidal habitats such as lagoons, estuaries, salt marshes and mangroves[1-3]. Their diversity is the highest in tropical waters, gradually declining towards the North and South poles[4]. The distribution and abundance of foraminifera are influenced by bathymetry, physicochemical characteristics of sediment and water quality. Foraminifera assemblages have been used to interpret palaeoenvironmental conditions[5], palaeomonsoons[6], palaeodepth[7], palaeotemperature[8], tsunami[9], sediment transport[10] and pollution profiles[11,12]. From this perspective, there is a potential for foraminifera to become useful in tropical mangrove settings[13] because foraminifera characterized by agglutinated and calcareous PEER REVIEW ABSTRACT
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