Inferring paleosalinity trends using the chrysophyte cyst to diatom ratio in coastal shallow temperate/subtropical lagoons influenced by sea level changes |
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Authors: | Felipe García-Rodríguez |
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Affiliation: | (1) Botany Department, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, P.O. Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031, Republic of South Africa |
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Abstract: | Data on chrysophyte cyst to diatom ratios as an index to track Holocene paleosalinity changes are presented. Six sediment cores taken in four coastal systems influenced by Holocene sea level changes indicate that during the transition from marine/brackish to brackish/freshwater and freshwater conditions, increases in the cyst to diatom ratio were recorded. These data suggest that Holocene changes in paleosalinities in coastal aquatic systems may be tracked by using this simple index, however other factors (such as changes in nutrient levels) may complicate some interpretations. Nevertheless, data required to calculate this simple index are easy to obtain, and so relatively little effort is required to obtain some paleolimnological information on these two important algal groups. |
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Keywords: | Chrysophyte cysts Diatoms Salinity Sea level change Uruguay |
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