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Diatoms as a paleoproductivity proxy in the NW Iberian coastal upwelling system (NE Atlantic)
Diana Zúñiga
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
University of Vigo, Applied Physics Department, Campus Lagoas
Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC),
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM), 36208, Vigo, Spain
Celia Santos
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), Div. Geologia
e Georecursos Marinhos, 1495-006, Lisbon, Portugal
MARUM, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of
Bremen, 28359, Bremen, Germany
CCMAR – Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de
Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
María Froján
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC),
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM), 36208, Vigo, Spain
Emilia Salgueiro
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), Div. Geologia
e Georecursos Marinhos, 1495-006, Lisbon, Portugal
CCMAR – Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de
Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Marta M. Rufino
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), Div. Geologia
e Georecursos Marinhos, 1495-006, Lisbon, Portugal
CCMAR – Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de
Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
IFREMER, Centre Atlantique (French Research Institute for Exploitation
of the Sea), 44311, Nantes, France
Francisco De la Granda
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany, 20359,
Hamburg, Germany
Francisco G. Figueiras
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC),
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM), 36208, Vigo, Spain
Carmen G. Castro
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC),
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM), 36208, Vigo, Spain
Fátima Abrantes
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), Div. Geologia
e Georecursos Marinhos, 1495-006, Lisbon, Portugal
CCMAR – Centre of Marine Sciences, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de
Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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Diatoms are one of the most important primary producers in highly productive coastal regions. Their silicified valves are susceptible to escape from the upper water column and be preserved in the sediment record, and thus are frequently used to reconstruct environmental conditions in the past from sediment cores. Here, we assess how water column diatom’s community in the NW Iberian coastal upwelling system is seasonally transferred from the surface to the seafloor sediments.
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