An overview and brief description of common marine organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst taxa occurring in surface sediments of the Northern Hemisphere
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| Date | 2020-08 | ||||||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||||||
| Author(s) | Van Nieuwenhove Nicolas1, Head Martin J.2, Limoges Audrey3, Pospelova Vera4, 15, Mertens Kenneth 5, Matthiessen Jens6, de Schepper Stijn7, de Vernal Anne8, Eynaud Frédérique9, Londeix Laurent10, Marret Fabienne11, Penaud Aurélie12, Radi Taoufik13, Rochon André14 |
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| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada 2 : Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada 3 : Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada 4 : School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700, STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2, Canada 5 : Ifremer, LER BO, Station de Biologie Marine, Place de la Croix, BP40537, Concarneau CEDEX F-29185, France 6 : Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Alten Hafen 26, Bremerhaven D-27568, Germany 7 : NORCE Climate, Norwegian Research Centre and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Jahnebakken 5, Bergen NO-5007, Norway 8 : Université du Québec à Montréal, Centre GEOTOP, 201 Avenue du Président Kennedy, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3P8, Canada 9 : Université de Bordeaux, UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC (Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux), Allée Geoffroy St Hilaire, Pessac Cedex 33615, France 10 : Université de Bordeaux, UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC (Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux), Allée Geoffroy St Hilaire, Pessac Cedex 33615, France 11 : Department of Geography and Planning, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZT, UK 12 : UMR 6538 Géosciences Océan, IUEM, Université Brest, CNRS, Plouzané 29280, France 13 : Université du Québec à Montréal, Centre GEOTOP, 201 Avenue du Président Kennedy, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3P8, Canada 14 : Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec G5L 3A1, Canada 15 : Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, 116 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States |
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| Source | Marine Micropaleontology (0377-8398) (Elsevier BV), 2020-08 , Vol. 159 , P. 101814 (46p.) | ||||||||||||
| DOI | 10.1016/j.marmicro.2019.101814 | ||||||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 41 | ||||||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Dinoflagellate cysts, Marine, Quaternary, Gymnodiniales, Gonyaulacales, Peridiniales | ||||||||||||
| Abstract | Organic-walled resting cysts of planktonic dinoflagellates occur commonly in modern marine sediment where they represent, with rare exceptions, the only geologically preservable part of the life cycle. Although many species do not produce fossilizable resting cysts, upper Quaternary sediments contain a diverse cyst record that is used frequently for paleoenvironmental reconstruction and stratigraphic analysis. Reconstructions of past sea-surface conditions rely on an understanding of the distributions of dinoflagellate cysts in modern sediments linked to their respective environmental parameters, underpinned by sound taxonomy and standardized nomenclature. Stratigraphic studies additionally require knowledge of morphological details to distinguish extant from similar extinct taxa. Here, 51 dinoflagellate cyst species and two informal cyst morphotypes that are commonly encountered during routine palynological analysis of upper Quaternary marine sediments from the Northern Hemisphere are briefly described taxonomically and illustrated. In addition, their lowest stratigraphic occurrences are provided. |
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