Preservation potential of ancient plankton DNA in Pleistocene marine sediments

Geobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 377-393

  Boere, A C ^a   Rijpstra, W I C ^a   De Lange, G J ^b   Sinninghe Damste J S ^a,b   Coolen, M J L ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVE; DINOSTEROL; ETHER DERIVATIVE; KETONE; RNA 16S;

BIOMARKER; DEGRADATION; DEPOSITION; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA; EUKARYOTE; FOSSIL RECORD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROALGA; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; PRESERVATION; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUKARYOTE; EVALUATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HAPTOPHYTA; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAPROPEL; SEDIMENT;

BENZOPYRANS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMASS; CHOLESTENES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; ETHERS; EUKARYOTA; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAPTOPHYTA; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; KETONES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 80051924972     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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