Articles | Volume 14, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1165-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1165-2017
Research article
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13 Mar 2017
Research article |  | 13 Mar 2017

Diatoms as a paleoproductivity proxy in the NW Iberian coastal upwelling system (NE Atlantic)

Diana Zúñiga, Celia Santos, María Froján, Emilia Salgueiro, Marta M. Rufino, Francisco De la Granda, Francisco G. Figueiras, Carmen G. Castro, and Fátima Abrantes

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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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