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Modern diatom assemblages as tools for paleoenvironmental reconstruction: a cas...
Gomes, Ana; Boski, T.; Moura, Delminda; Szkornik, Katie; Witkowski, Andrzej; Connor, Simon; Laut, Lazaro; Sobrinho, Frederico; Oliveira, SóniaDiatoms are unicellular algae that live in saline, brackish and freshwater environments, either floating in the water column or associated with various substrates (e.g., muddy and sandy sediments). Diatoms are sensitive to changes in environmental variables such as salinity, sediment texture, nutrient availability, light and temperature. This characteristic, along with their short lifespan, allows diatoms to qu...
The ITRAX core scanner, a useful tool to distinguish anthropic vs. climatic inf...
Martins, Virgínia A.; Dias, João A.; Bernardes, Cristina; Rubio, Belén; Bernabeu, Ana; Rey, Daniel; Soares, António M.; Sobrinho, FredericoThe main goal of this work is to distinguish anthropic and climatic influences in sediments from the lagoon of Aveiro (Portugal). This study is based on a core (240-cm long) collected in Murtosa Channel. Optical and X-radiographic images and high-resolution elemental profiles were acquired with ITRAX micro-X-ray fluorescence (XRF) core scanner. Samples collected at each ≈3 cm along the core were analysed for gr...