1. To determine if the occurance of various species of salt marsh foraminifera follow a zonation similar to that of salt marsh plants. 2. If a zonation for the forams exists, it could be used to track the advance and/or retreat history of a salt marsh. 3. To determination the relationship between the productivity of salt marsh foraminifera,using live and total (live plus dead), should, in som e way be linked to the productivity estimates of salt marsh grasses. 4. If such a relationship can be established, than estimates of past productivity for a salt marsh may be obtained.