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Dinoflagellate cyst and pollen assemblages as tracers for marine productivity and river input in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands
Timme Donders
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, 3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands
Francien Peterse
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands
Francesca Sangiorgi
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Short summary
The pollen and dinoflagellate cyst content of 21 surface sediments from the northern Gulf of Mexico is used to test the applicability of three palynological ratios (heterotroph/autotroph, pollen/dinocyst, and pollen/bisaccate ratio) as proxies for marine productivity and distance to the coast/river. Redundancy analysis confirms the suitability of these three ratios, where the H/A ratio can be used as an indicator of primary production, and the P/B ratio best tracks the distance to the coast.
The pollen and dinoflagellate cyst content of 21 surface sediments from the northern Gulf of...
