Validation and application of fossil DNA as a recorder of past marine ecosystems and environmental conditions

• Main Author: Boere, A.C.
• Other Authors: IVAU: Instituut voor Aardwetenschappen Utrecht, Organic geochemistry & molecular biogeology, Sinninghe Damste, Jaap, Coolen, M.J.L.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UU Dept. of Earth Sciences 2010
• Subjects: Fossil DNA; Ancient DNA; Lipid biomarkers; Paleoclimate; Holocene; Mediterranean sapropels; Black Sea; Antarctica; Dinoflagellates; Haptophytes; Ellis Fjord; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/318113

The majority of planktonic species, including those that are informative in the reconstructions of past marine environmental conditions, do not produce diagnostic features (e.g., cysts, spores, or lipid biomarkers) and would therefore escape identification from the fossil record using traditional pa...