Project

Application of morphological variation of dinoflagellate cysts as salinity proxy.

Code
3E012709
Looptijd
01 October 2009 → 30 September 2015
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Evolutionary biology
Trefwoorden
saliniteitsreconstructie
 
Projectomschrijving

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.