The implication of green algae (Chlorophyta) for palaeoecological reconstruction of the Holocene lagoon system in the Tramandaí Lagoon region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Acta Palaeobotanica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-123

  Medeanic, Svetlana ^a   Jankovskǎ, Vlasta ^b   Dillenburg, Sérgio R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Algae; Brazil; Holocene; Palaeoenvironment; Palynology; Tramanda Lagoon

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL LAGOON; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACRITARCHA; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYOCOCCUS; CHLOROPHYTA; DEBARYA; DICTYOCHOPHYCEAE; MOUGEOTIA; PEDIASTRUM; SPIROGYRA; TRACHEOPHYTA; ZYGNEMA; ZYGNEMOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33747173237     PISSN: 00016594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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