Distribution of recent dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments from the North Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas in relation to sea-surface parameters (the "n=677" dinocyst database)

Reference:

de Vernal, A., Henry, M., Matthiessen, J., Mudie, P., Rochon, A., Boessenkool, K., Eynaud, F., Grøsfjeld, K., Guiot, J., Hamel, D., Harland, R., Head, M., Kunz-Pirrung, M., Levac, E., Loucheur, V., Peyron, O., Pospelova, V., Radi, T. Turon, J.L., Voronina, E., 2002. Dinoflagellate cyst assemblages as tracers of sea-surface conditions in the northern North Atlantic, Arctic and sub-Arctic seas: the new "n = 677" data base and its application for quantitative palaeoceanographic reconstruction. Journal of Quaternary Sciences 16, 681-698.

Map of the core sites

Tables of data:

• Identification and location of surface sediment samples from the database.
• Relative abundance (percentages) of the 30 taxa in the 677 spectra from the reference database.
• Taxa identified in surface samples, and grouping of taxa for statistical purposes.
• Environmental parameters, with mean and standard deviation(s) values, for the 677 sites in the reference database.