Historical records of coastal eutrophication-induced hypoxia

• Published in: Biogeosciences discussions Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 2567 - 2658
• Main Authors: Gooday, AJ, Jorissen, F, Levin, LA, Middelburg, J J, Naqvi, SWA, Rabalais, N N, Scranton, M, Zhang, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union 27.02.2009
• Subjects: Bacillariophyceae; Marine; Ostracoda; Sciences of the Universe

Under certain conditions, sediment cores from coastal settings subject to hypoxia can yield records of environmental changes over time scales ranging from decades to millennia, sometimes with a resolution of as little as a few years. A variety of biological and geochemical proxies derived from such...