Determining the absolute abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments II: Further tests of the Lycopodium marker-grain method

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 184, Issue , 2012, Pages 74-81

  Mertens, Kenneth Neil ^a   Price, Andrea Michelle ^b   Pospelova, Vera ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute abundance; Concentration; Dinoflagellate cyst; Lycopodium clavatum tablets; Spike

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROFOSSIL; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPORE; VASCULAR PLANT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; SAANICH INLET;

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

EID: 84865957503     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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