DNA and lipid molecular stratigraphic records of haptophyte succession in the Black Sea during the Holocene

Previous studies suggest that the coccolithophorid haptophyte Emiliania huxleyi entered the Black Sea ~ 3400 yrs ago and since then a coccolith ooze defined as Unit I has developed. Unit I sediments contain long-chain alkenones derived from E. huxleyi whereas the alkenone distribution of the deeper...

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Main Authors: Coolen, Marco, Saenz, J., Giosan, L., Trowbridge, N., Dimitrov, P., Dimitrov, D., Eglinton, T.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33000