IBBEA   24401
INSTITUTO DE BIODIVERSIDAD Y BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL Y APLICADA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
capítulos de libros
Título:
Algae in paleolimnological studies in Argentina
Autor/es:
MAIDANA, N. I.; R. AMENABAR, C.
Libro:
Freshwater Phytoplankton of Argentina
Editorial:
E. Schweizerbart?sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
Referencias:
Lugar: Stuttgart; Año: 2014; p. 323 - 339
Resumen:
Paleolimnology
is a poorly developed discipline in Argentina. Early research on aquatic
nonmarine paleoenvironments focused on geological topics, and usually included
appendices with lists of algae or algal remains recovered from the sediments.
Only a few studies have exploited the increased potential that algae can
provide according to their ecological requirements, humidity, water level, pH and
nutrients in the environments in which they proliferated. Interdisciplinary studies,
including the analysis of algal proxies, have begun only in recent decades.
From its origins in the late nineteenth century until today, Paleolimnology in
Argentina can be divided into six periods, from the Paleozoic to the most
recent Holocene. This chapter presents a state of knowledge of Paleolimnology
in Argentina, with a brief mention of conventional methodologies for the study
of algae, separating the siliceous fossils from the organic and pigments.