FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Reconstructing salinity changes and environmental influence on dinoflagellate cysts in the central Baltic Sea since the late 19th century BT AF Sildever, Sirje Ribeiro, Sofia Mertens, Kenneth Andersen, Thorbjørn Joest Moros, Matthias Kuijpers, Antoon AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:2; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO;4:;5:;6:; C1 Tallinn University of Technology, Department of Marine Systems, Akadeemia tee 15A, 12618, Tallinn, Estonia Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Department of Glaciology and Climate, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 K, Copenhagen, Denmark IFREMER, ODE/UL/LER BO, Station de Biologie Marine de Concarneau, Place de la Croix, 40 29900, Concarneau, France University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 K, Copenhagen, Denmark Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Department of Marine Geology, Seestraße 15, D-18119, Rostock, Germany C2 UNIV TECH TALLIN, ESTONIA GEUS, DENMARK IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV COPENHAGEN, DENMARK LEIBNIZ INST BALT SEA RES, GERMANY SI CONCARNEAU SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO IN WOS Ifremer UPR copubli-europe IF 2.333 TC 6 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00481/59300/61994.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Baltic Sea;Biecheleria baltica;Dinoflagellate cysts;Environmental change;Protoceratium reticulatum;Sea-surface salinity;Sediment core records AB We present a record of dinoflagellate cyst assemblage composition, abundance, and morphology from the central Baltic Sea, spanning from the late 19th to the early 21st century. Environmental time-series were analyzed in relation to changes in community structure and diversity as inferred from the sediment record, and average summer sea surface salinity (SSS) was reconstructed based on the average process length of Protoceratium reticulatum resting cysts. The reconstructed summer SSS was compared to instrumental data for a critical evaluation of this approach. The most abundant species in this record were P. reticulatum and Biecheleria baltica, and on average ten taxa were identified per sample. The cyst record of B. baltica indicated that although this species has been present in the Gotland Basin at least since the 1880s, its concentrations have increased significantly since the 1980s, possibly linked to eutrophication. Variations in assemblage composition and P. reticulatum cyst morphology reflected patterns of major, instrumentally recorded hydrographic and environmental changes in the Baltic Sea during the past century. The variability in microfossil relative abundances was best explained by the average spring SSS as well as by the average NO3 concentrations during spring and by the combined effects of average summer SSS and NAO index variability. Reconstructed summer SSS and instrumental SSS showed notable differences, depending on the year and function applied for reconstruction. Although roughly reflecting the same patterns, the reconstructed values are offset when compared to instrumental measurements. We put forward suggestions for improvement of the process-length method and recommend using the reconstructed values as an indication of relative changes in past summer sea surface salinity, preferably as part of a multiproxy approach. PY 2019 PD APR SO Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science SN 0272-7714 PU Elsevier BV VL 219 UT 000462100000037 BP 384 EP 394 DI 10.1016/j.ecss.2019.02.034 ID 59300 ER EF