A natural exposure experiment on short-term species-selective aerobic degradation of dinoflagellate cysts

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 32-39

  Kodrans Nsiah, Monika ^a   de Lange, Gert J ^b   Zonneveld, Karin A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dinoflagellate cysts; organic matter; oxygen; taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BRINE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOLOCENE; OXIC CONDITIONS; TAPHONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRIGANTEDINIUM; DINOPHYCEAE; ECHINIDINIUM; IMPAGIDINIUM ACULEATUM; LINGULODINIUM MACHAEROPHORUM; NEMATOSPHAEROPSIS LABYRINTHUS; OPERCULODINIUM ISRAELIANUM; SPINIFERITES; URANIA;

EID: 53249145706     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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