Calcareous dinoflagellates in the eastern equatorial Atlantic

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Hauptverfasser: Höll, Christine, Zonneveld, Karin A F, Willems, Helmut
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author Höll, Christine
Zonneveld, Karin A F
Willems, Helmut
author_facet Höll, Christine
Zonneveld, Karin A F
Willems, Helmut
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Sediments of the Equatorial Atlantic (core GeoB 1105-4) have been investigated for both calcareous dinoflagellates and organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts. In order to determine the ecological affinity of calcareous dinoflagellates the statistical methods of Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) and Redundancy Analysis (RDA) were used. Utilising DCA, distribution patterns of calcareous dinoflagellates have been compared with those of the ecologically much better known organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts. This method was also used to determine which environmental gradients have a major influence on the species composition. By using existing environmental information based on benthic and planktic foraminifera, such as Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and stable oxygen and carbon isotopes, as well as information on the amount of Calcium Carbonate and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in bottom sediments, these gradients could be interpreted in terms of productivity and glacial-interglacial trends. Using RDA, the direct relationships between the distribution patterns of calcareous dinoflagellates with the above mentioned external variables could be determined. For the studied region and time interval (141-6.7 ka) the calcareous dinoflagellates show enhanced abundances in periods with reduced productivity most probably related to decreased divergence and relatively stratified, oligotrophic oceanic conditions.
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spellingShingle Calcareous dinoflagellates in the eastern equatorial Atlantic
Höll, Christine
Zonneveld, Karin A F
Willems, Helmut
Equatorial Atlantic; GeoB1105-4; Gravity corer (Kiel type); M9/4; Meteor (1986); SFB261; SL; South Atlantic in Late Quaternary: Reconstruction of Budget and Currents
Sediments of the Equatorial Atlantic (core GeoB 1105-4) have been investigated for both calcareous dinoflagellates and organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts. In order to determine the ecological affinity of calcareous dinoflagellates the statistical methods of Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) and Redundancy Analysis (RDA) were used. Utilising DCA, distribution patterns of calcareous dinoflagellates have been compared with those of the ecologically much better known organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts. This method was also used to determine which environmental gradients have a major influence on the species composition. By using existing environmental information based on benthic and planktic foraminifera, such as Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and stable oxygen and carbon isotopes, as well as information on the amount of Calcium Carbonate and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) in bottom sediments, these gradients could be interpreted in terms of productivity and glacial-interglacial trends. Using RDA, the direct relationships between the distribution patterns of calcareous dinoflagellates with the above mentioned external variables could be determined. For the studied region and time interval (141-6.7 ka) the calcareous dinoflagellates show enhanced abundances in periods with reduced productivity most probably related to decreased divergence and relatively stratified, oligotrophic oceanic conditions.
title Calcareous dinoflagellates in the eastern equatorial Atlantic
topic Equatorial Atlantic; GeoB1105-4; Gravity corer (Kiel type); M9/4; Meteor (1986); SFB261; SL; South Atlantic in Late Quaternary: Reconstruction of Budget and Currents
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.715609