Project

Application of morphological variation of dinoflagellate cysts as salinity proxy.

Code
3E012709
Duration
01 October 2009 → 30 September 2015
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Evolutionary biology
Keywords
salinity proxy
 
Project description

The aim of present study is to elucidate the relation between the average spine length of Operculodinium centrocarpum, the cyst of the dinoflagellate Protoceratium reticulatum and seawater salinity and to assess its usability as a salinity proxy in the Quaternary.