Determining the absolute abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments: The Lycopodium marker-grain method put to the test

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 238-252

  Mertens, Kenneth Neil ^a   Verhoeven, Koen ^a   Verleye, Thomas ^a   Louwye, Stephen ^a   Amorim, Ana ^b   Ribeiro, Sofia ^b   Deaf, Amr S ^c   Harding, Ian C ^c   De Schepper, Stijn ^d   González, Catalina ^d   Kodrans Nsiah, Monika ^d   De Vernal, Anne ^e   Henry, Maryse ^e   Radi, Taoufik ^e   Dybkjaer, Karen ^f   Poulsen, Niels E ^f   Feist Burkhardt, Susanne ^g   Chitolie, Jonah ^g   Heilmann Clausen, Claus ^h   Londeix, Laurent ⁱ   Turon, Jean Louis ⁱ   Marret, Fabienne ^j   Matthiessen, Jens ^k   McCarthy, Francine M G ^l   Prasad, Vandana ^m   Pospelova, Vera ⁿ   Kyffin Hughes, Jane E ^o   Riding, James B ^o   Rochon, André ^p   Sangiorgi, Francesca ^q   Welters, Natasja ^q   Sinclair, Natalie ^r,w   Thun, Christian ^r   Soliman, Ali ^s,x   Van Nieuwenhove, Nicolas ^t   Vink, Annemiek ^u   Young, Martin ^v   more..

^a Research Unit Palaeontology   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^g DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^k ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^l BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^o BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^p INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^q UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^r GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^t GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^u FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^v CSIRO   (Australia)

^w AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^x TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

more..

Author keywords

concentration; dinoflagellate cyst; inter laboratory calibration; Lycopodium clavatum tablets; spike

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TAXONOMY; ULTRASONICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; LYCOPODIUM; LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM;

EID: 70449700367     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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