Process length variation in cysts of the dinoflagellate Protoceratium reticulatum, from surface sediments of the Baltic-Kattegat-Skagerrak estuarine system: A regional salinity proxy

Boreas

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-255

  Mertens, Kenneth Neil ^a   Dale, Barrie ^b   Ellegaard, Marianne ^c   Jansson, Ida Maria ^d   Godhe, Anna ^e   Kremp, Anke ^f   Louwye, Stephen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOSALINITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEAWATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

DENMARK; LIMFJORDEN;

DINOPHYCEAE; LINGULODINIUM POLYEDRUM; PROTOCERATIUM RETICULATUM;

EID: 79953003455     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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