Fluorescence microscopy of pollen and spores: A tool for investigating environmental change

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 203-219

  Yeloff, Dan ^a,b   Hunt, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

fluorescence microscopy; Holocene; peat erosion; Pennines; pollen; sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EROSION; FLUORESCENCE; HOLOCENE; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SPORE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 13244292659     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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