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<p>The paper presents the history of diatom studies carried out in the Gulf of Gdańsk and the Vistula Lagoon since the beginning of the 20th century. One aspect of the research focuses on describing the structure of planktonic and benthic communities living in different parts of the area or occurring in their surface sediments as taphocoenoses. Other investigations concentrate on the fossil diatom flora, which is widely used in the research on the Late Glacial and Holocene to resolve paleogeographic, sedimentological and paleoecological problems.</p>
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The paper presents the history of diatom studies carried out in the Gulf of Gdańsk and the Vistula Lagoon since the beginning of the 20th century. One aspect of the research focuses on describing the structure of planktonic and benthic communities living in different parts of the area or occurring in their surface sediments as taphocoenoses. Other investigations concentrate on the fossil diatom flora, which is widely used in the research on the Late Glacial and Holocene to resolve paleogeographic, sedimentological and paleoecological problems.

A review of the diatom research in the Gulf of Gdańsk and Vistula Lagoon (southern Baltic Sea)

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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The paper presents the history of diatom studies carried out in the Gulf of Gdańsk and the Vistula Lagoon since the beginning of the 20th century. One aspect...

A review of the diatom research in the Gulf of Gdańsk and Vistula Lagoon (southern Baltic Sea)

Online veröffentlicht: 03. Okt. 2013

Seitenbereich: 336 - 346

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-013-0091-x

Schlüsselwörter
diatoms, review, Late Glacial, Holocene, Gulf of Gdańsk, Vistula Lagoon

© 2013 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A review of the diatom research in the Gulf of Gdańsk and Vistula Lagoon (southern Baltic Sea)

Online veröffentlicht: 03. Okt. 2013

Seitenbereich: 336 - 346

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-013-0091-x

Schlüsselwörterdiatoms, review, Late Glacial, Holocene, Gulf of Gdańsk, Vistula Lagoon

© 2013 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
diatoms, review, Late Glacial, Holocene, Gulf of Gdańsk, Vistula Lagoon