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Dr Mertens, Kenneth
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Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer; Station de Biologie Marine de Concarneau, more Direct contact at institute: E-mail: WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more Function: Thematic editor

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Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Geologie; Onderzoeksgroep Paleontologie en Paleomilieus, more Function: PhD student

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IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae, more

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Gurdebeke, P.R.; Mertens, K.N.; Rajter, L.; Meyvisch, P.; Potvin, E.; Yang, E.J.; André, C.; Pospelova, V.; Louwye, S. (2023). The ciliophoran affinity of Radiosperma textum, and its relation to other marine ciliate cysts. Mar. Micropaleontol. 178: 102185. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2022.102185, more Kim, H.J.; Li, Z.; Gu, H.; Mertens, K.N.; Youn, J.Y.; Kwak, K.Y.; Oh, S.-J.; Shin, K.; Du Yoo, Y.; Lee, W.; Shin, H.H. (2023). Gonyaulax geomunensis sp. nov. and two allied species (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae) from Korean coastal waters and East China Sea: morphology, phylogeny and growth response to changes in temperature and salinity. Phycologia 62(1): 48-67. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2022.2140548, more Li, Z.; Pospelova, V.; Mertens, K.N.; Liu, L.J.; Wu, Y.S.; Li, C.; Gu, H.F. (2023). Evaluation of organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst distributions in coastal surface sediments of the China Seas in relation with hydrographic conditions for paleoceanographic reconstruction. Quaternary International 661: 60-75. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2023.03.007, more Mertens, K.N.; Morquecho, L.; Carbonell-Moore, C.; Meyvisch, P.; Gu, H.; Bilien, G.; Duval, A.; Derrien, A.; Pospelova, V.; Sliwinska, K.K.; Gárate–Lizárraga, I.; Pérez-Cruz, B. (2023). Pentaplacodinium lapazense sp. nov. from Central and Southern Gulf of California, a new non-toxic gonyaulacalean resembling Protoceratium reticulatum. Mar. Micropaleontol. 178: 102187. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2022.102187, more Mertens, K.N.; Carbonell-Moore, M.C. (2023). Reply to: Comments on Mertens et al. (2022): the taxonomic identity of Micracanthodinium setiferum (Lohmann) Deflandre (Dinophyceae incertae sedis) remains elusive, and its epitypification is not achieved. Palynology 47(1): 2148304. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2022.2148304, more Meyvisch, P.; Mertens, K.N.; Gurdebeke, P.R.; Sandt, C.; Pospelova, V.; Vrielinck, H.; Borondics, F.; Louwye, S. (2023). Does dinocyst wall composition really reflect trophic affinity? New evidence from ATR micro-FTIR spectroscopy measurements. J. Phycol. 59(5): 1064-1084. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13382, more Telesinski, M.M.; Pospelova, V.; Mertens, K.N.; Kucharska, M.; Zajaczkowski, M. (2023). Dinoflagellate cysts and benthic foraminifera from surface sediments of Svalbard fjords and shelves as paleoenvironmental indicators. Oceanologia 65(4): 571-594. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2023.06.007, more Carbonell-Moore, M.C.; Matsuoka, K.; Mertens, K.N. (2022). Gonyaulacalean tabulation revisited using plate homology and plate overlap, with emphasis on the ventral area (Dinophyceae). Phycologia 61(2): 195-210. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2021.2024413, more Mertens, K.N.; Carbonell-Moore, M.C.; Gardner, K. (2022). A morphological comparison of two cladopyxidacean dinoflagellates: the extant Micracanthodinium setiferum and the fossil Cladopyxidium saeptum (Dinophyceae, Gonyaulacales). Palynology 46(1): 1-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2021.1934908, more Meyvisch, P.; Gurdebeke, P.R.; Vrielinck, H.; Mertens, K.N.; Versteegh, G.; Louwye, S. (2022). Attenuated Total Reflection (ATR) Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared (Micro-FT-IR) spectroscopy to enhance repeatability and reproducibility of spectra derived from single specimen organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts. Applied Spectroscopy 76(2): 235-254. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00037028211041172, more Amzil, Z.; Derrien, A.; Terre Terrillon, A.; Duval, A.; Connes, C.; Marco-Miralles, F.; Nézan, E.; Mertens, K. (2021). Monitoring the emergence of algal toxins in shellfish: First report on detection of brevetoxins in French Mediterranean mussels. Mar. Drugs 19(7): 393. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md19070393, more Bauer, W.; Gottschling, M.; Keupp, H.; Kusber, W.-H.; Mertens, K.N. (2021). Validation of the calcareous dinophyte Wallidinellum (Peridiniales), with notes on the status of fossils in the Code. Phytotaxa 520(3): 296-300. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.520.3.9, more Gu, H.; Huo, K.; Krock, B.; Bilien, G.; Pospelova, V.; Li, Z.; Carbonell-Moore, C.; Morquecho, L.; Ninčević, Z.; Mertens, K.N. (2021). Cyst-theca relationships of Spiniferites bentorii, S. hyperacanthus, S. ramosus, S. scabratus and molecular phylogenetics of Spiniferites and Tectatodinium (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae). Phycologia 60(4): 332-353. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2021.1930796, more Gurdebeke, P.R.; Mertens, K.N.; Meyvisch, P.; Bogus, K.; Pospelova, V.; Louwye, S. (2021). Hiddenocysta matsuokae gen. et sp. nov. from the Holocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Palynology 45(1): 103-114. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/01916122.2020.1750500, more Li, Z.; Park, J.S.; Kang, N.S.; Chomérat, N.; Mertens, K.N.; Gu, H.; Lee, K.-W.; Kim, K.H.; Baek, S.H.; Shin, K.; Han, K.H.; Son, M.H.; Shin, H.H. (2021). A new potentially toxic dinoflagellate Fukuyoa koreansis sp. nov. (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae) from Korean coastal waters: morphology, phylogeny, and effects of temperature and salinity on growth. Harmful Algae 109: 102107. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2021.102107, more Li, Z.; Pospelova, V.; Liu, L.; François, R.; Wu, Y.; Mertens, K.N.; Saito, Y.; Zhou, R.; Song, B.; Xie, X. (2021). High-resolution reconstructions of Holocene sea-surface conditions from dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in the northern South China Sea. Mar. Geol. 438: 106528. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106528, more Luo, Z.; Mertens, K.N.; Gu, H.; Wang, N.; Wu, Y.; Uttayarnmanee, P.; Pransilpa, M.; Roeroe, K.A. (2021). Morphology, ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny of Johsia chumphonensis gen. et sp. nov. and Parvodinium parvulum comb. nov. (Peridiniopsidaceae, Dinophyceae). Eur. J. Phycol. 56(3): 324-336. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2020.1829078, more Siano, R.; Lassudrie, M.; Cuzin, P.; Briant, N.; Loizeau, V.; Schmidt, S.; Ehrhold, A.; Mertens, K.N.; Lambert, C.; Quintric, L.; Noel, C.; Latimier, M.; Quere, J.; Durand, P.; Penaud, A. (2021). Sediment archives reveal irreversible shifts in plankton communities after World War II and agricultural pollution. Curr. Biol. 31(12): 2682-2689. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.079, more Carbonell-Moore, C.; Mertens, K.N. (2020). On Acanthogonyaulax spinifera (Dinophyceae). Phycologia 59(5): 456-459. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2020.1807742, more Gurdebeke, P.R.; Mertens, K.N.; Pospelova, V.; Matsuoka, K.; Li, Z.; Gribble, K.E.; Gu, H.; Bogus, K.; Vrielinck, H.; Louwye, S. (2020). Taxonomic revision, phylogeny, and cyst wall composition of the dinoflagellate cyst genus Votadinium Reid (Dinophyceae, Peridiniales, Protoperidiniaceae). Palynology 44(2): 310-335. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/01916122.2019.1580627, more Gurdebeke, P.R.; Mertens, K.N.; Pospelova, V.; Van Nieuwenhove, N.; Louwye, S. (2020). Islandinium pacificum sp. nov., a new dinoflagellate cyst from the upper Quaternary of the northeast Pacific. Palynology 44(1): 80-93. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2018.1549118, more Li, Z.; Pospelova, V.; Kawamura, H.; Luo, C.; Mertens, K.N.; Hernández-Almeida, I.; Yin, K.; Wu, Y.; Wu, H.; Xiang, R. (2020). Dinoflagellate cyst distribution in surface sediments from the South China Sea in relation to hydrographic conditions and primary productivity. Mar. Micropaleontol. 159: 101815. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2019.101815, more Li, Z.; Mertens, K.N.; Gottschling, M.; Gu, H.; Söhner, S.; Price, A.M.; Marret, F.; Pospelova, V.; Smith, K.F.; Carbonell-Moore, C.; Nézan, E.; Bilien, G.; Shin, H.H. (2020). Taxonomy and molecular phylogenetics of Ensiculiferaceae, fam. nov. (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae), with consideration of their life-history. Protist 171(5): 125759. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2020.125759, more Limoges, A.; Van Nieuwenhove, N.; Head, M.J.; Mertens, K.N.; Pospelova, V.; Rochon, A. (2020). A review of rare and less well known extant marine organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst taxa of the orders Gonyaulacales and Suessiales from the Northern Hemisphere. Mar. Micropaleontol. 159: 101801. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2019.101801, more Luo, Z.; Lim, Z.F.; Mertens, K.N.; Krock, B.; Teng, S.T.; Tan, T.H.; Leaw, C.P.; Lim, P.T.; Gu, H. (2020). Attributing Ceratocorys, Pentaplacodinium and Protoceratium to Protoceratiaceae (Dinophyceae), with descriptions of Ceratocorys malayensis sp. nov. and Pentaplacodinium usupianum sp. nov. Phycologia 59(1): 6-23. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2019.1663693, more Mertens, K.N.; Adachi, M.; Anderson, D.M.; Band-Schmidt, C.J.; Bravo, I.; Brosnahan, M.L.; Bolch, C.J.S.; Calado, A.J.; Carbonell-Moore, M.C.; Chomérat, N.; Elbrächter, M.; Figueroa, R.I.; Fraga, S.; Gárate–Lizárraga, I.; Garcés, E.; Gu, H.; Hallegraeff, G.; Hess, P.; Hoppenrath, M.; Horiguchi, T.; Iwataki, M.; John, U.; Kremp, A.; Larsen, J.; Leaw, C.P.; Li, Z.; Lim, P.T.; Litaker, W.; Mackenzie, L.; Masseret, E.; Matsuoka, K.; Moestrup, Ø.; Montresor, M.; Nagai, S.; Nézan, E.; Nishimura, T.; Okolodkov, Y.B.; Orlova, T.Y.; Reñé, A.; Sampedro, N.; Satta, C.T.; Shin, H.H.; Siano, R.; Smith, K.F.; Steidinger, K.; Takano, Y.; Tillmann, U.; Wolny, J.; Yamaguchi, A.; Murray, S. (2020). Morphological and phylogenetic data do not support the split of Alexandrium into four genera. Harmful Algae 98: 101902. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2020.101902, more Mertens, K.N.; Gu, H.; Gurdebeke, P.R.; Takano, Y.; Clarke, D.; Aydin, H.; Li, Z.; Pospelova, V.; Shin, H.H.; Li, Z.; Matsuoka, K.; Head, M.J. (2020). A review of rare, poorly known, and morphologically problematic extant marine organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst taxa of the orders Gymnodiniales and Peridiniales from the Northern Hemisphere. Mar. Micropaleontol. 159: 101773. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.marmicro.2019.101773, more Shin, H.H.; Li, Z.; Réveillon, D.; Rovillon, G.-A.; Mertens, K.N.; Hess, P.; Kim, H.J.; Lee, J.; Lee, K.-W.; Kim, D.; Park, B.S.; Hwang, J.; Seo, M.H.; Lim, W.A. (2020). Centrodinium punctatum (Dinophyceae) produces significant levels of saxitoxin and related analogs. Harmful Algae 100: 101923. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2020.101923, more Van Nieuwenhove, N.; Head, M.J.; Limoges, A.; Pospelova, V.; Mertens, K.N.; Matthiessen, J.; De Schepper, S.; de Vernal, A.; Eynaud, F.; Londeix, L.; Marret, F.; Penaud, A.; Radi, T.; Rochon, A. (2020). An overview and brief description of common marine organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst taxa occurring in surface sediments of the Northern Hemisphere. Mar. Micropaleontol. 159: 101814. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2019.101814, more Zhang, W.; Li, Z.; Mertens, K.N.; Derrien, A.; Pospelova, V.; Carbonell-Moore, M.C.; Bagheri, S.; Matsuoka, K.; Shin, H.H.; Gu, H. (2020). Reclassification of Gonyaulax verior (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae) as Sourniaea diacantha gen. et comb. nov. Phycologia 59(3): 246-260. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2020.1735926, more Carbonell-Moore, M.C.; Mertens, K.N. (2019). Should Gonyaulax hyalina and Gonyaulax fragilis (Dinophyceae) remain two different taxa? Phycologia 58(6): 685-689. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2019.1663477, more Li, Z.; Mertens, K.N.; Nézan, E.; Chomérat, N.; Bilien, G.; Iwataki, M.; Shin, H.H. (2019). Discovery of a new clade nested within the genus Alexandrium (Dinophyceae): morpho-molecular characterization of Centrodinium punctatum (Cleve) F.J.R. Taylor. Protist 170(2): 168-186. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2019.02.003, more Luo, Z.; Mertens, K.N.; Nézan, E.; Gu, L.; Pospelova, V.; Thoha, H.; Gu, H. (2019). Morphology, ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny of cyst-producing Caladoa arcachonensis gen. et sp. nov. (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae) from France and Indonesia. Eur. J. Phycol. 54(2): 235-248. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2018.1558287, more Shin, H.H.; Li, Z.; Mertens, K.N.; Seo, M.H.; Gu, H.; Lim, W.A.; Yoon, Y.H.; Soh, H.Y.; Matsuoka, K. (2019). Prorocentrum shikokuense Hada and P. donghaiense Lu are junior synonyms of P. obtusidens Schiller, but not of P. dentatum Stein (Prorocentrales, Dinophyceae). Harmful Algae 89: 101686. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2019.101686, more Sildever, S.; Ribeiro, S.; Mertens, K.N.; Andersen, T.J.; Moros, M.; Kuijpers, A. (2019). Reconstructing salinity changes and environmental influence on dinoflagellate cysts in the central Baltic Sea since the late 19th century. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 219: 384-394. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.02.034, more Wang, N.; Mertens, K.N.; Krock, B.; Luo, Z.; Derrien, A.; Pospelova, V.; Liang, Y.; Bilien, G.; Smith, K.F.; De Schepper, S.; Wietkamp, S.; Tillmann, U.; Gu, H. (2019). Cryptic speciation in Protoceratium reticulatum (Dinophyceae): evidence from morphological, molecular and ecophysiological data. Harmful Algae 88: 101610. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2019.05.003, more Gurdebeke, P.R.; Pospelova, V.; Mertens, K.N.; Dallimore, A.; Chana, J.; Louwye, S. (2018). Diversity and distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments from fjords of western Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada). Mar. Micropaleontol. 143: 12-29. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2018.07.005, more Gurdebeke, P.R.; Mertens, K.N.; Takano, Y.; Yamaguchi, A.; Bogus, K.; Dunthorn, M.; Matsuoka, K.; Vrielinck, H.; Louwye, S. (2018). The affiliation of Hexasterias problematica and Halodinium verrucatum sp. nov. to ciliate cysts based on molecular phylogeny and cyst wall composition. Eur. J. Protistol. 66: 115-135. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2018.09.002, more Gurdebeke, P.R.; Mertens, K.N.; Bogus, K.; Marret, F.; Chomérat, N.; Vrielinck, H.; Louwye, S. (2018). Taxonomic re-investigation and geochemical characterization of Reid’s (1974) species of Spiniferites from holotype and topotype material. Palynology 42(sup1): 93-110. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2018.1465735, more Limoges, A.; Londeix, L.; Mertens, K.N.; Rochon, A.; Pospelova, V.; Cuellar, T.; de Vernal, A. (2018). Identification key for Pliocene and Quaternary Spiniferites taxa bearing intergonal processes based on observations from estuarine and coastal environments. Palynology 42(Sup 1): 72-88. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2018.1465733, more Luo, Z.; Lim, Z.F.; Mertens, K.N.; Gurdebeke, P.; Bogus, K.; Carbonell-Moore, M.C.; Vrielinck, H.; Leaw, C.P.; Lim, P.T.; Chomérat, N.; Li, X.; Gu, H. (2018). Morpho-molecular diversity and phylogeny of Bysmatrum (Dinophyceae) from the South China Sea and France. Eur. J. Phycol. 53(3): 318-335. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2018.1449014, more Luo, Z.; Hu, Z.; Tang, Y.; Mertens, K.N.; Leaw, C.P.; Lim, P.T.; Teng, S.T.; Wang, L.; Gu, H. (2018). Morphology, ultrastructure, and molecular phylogeny of Wangodinium sinense gen. et sp. nov. (Gymnodiniales, Dinophyceae) and revisiting of Gymnodinium dorsalisulcum and Gymnodinium impudicum. J. Phycol. 54(5): 744-761. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12780, more Mertens, K.N.; Van Nieuwenhove, N.; Gurdebeke, P.R.; Aydin, H.; Bogus, K.; Bringué, M.; Dale, B.; De Schepper, S.; de Vernal, A.; Ellegaard, M.; Grothe, A.; Gu, H.; Head, M.J.; Heikkila, M.; Limoges, A.; Londeix, L.; Louwye, S.; Marret, F.; Masure, E.; Matsuoka, K.; Mudie, P.J.; Penaud, A.; Pospelova, V.; Price, A.M.; Ribeiro, S.; Rochon, A.; Sangiorgi, F.; Schreck, M.; Torres, V.; Uzar, S.; Versteegh, G.J.M.; Warny, S.; Zonneveld, K. (2018). The dinoflagellate cyst genera Achomosphaera Evitt 1963 and Spiniferites Mantell 1850 in Pliocene to modern sediments: a summary of round table discussions. Palynology 42(Sup 1): 10-44. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2018.1465739, more Mertens, K.N.; Carbonell-Moore, M.C.; Pospelova, V.; Head, M.J.; Highfield, A.; Schroeder, D.; Gu, H.; Andree, K.B.; Fernandez, M.; Yamaguchi, A.; Takano, Y.; Matsuoka, K.; Nézan, E.; Bilien, G.; Okolodkov, Y.; Koike, K.; Hoppenrath, M.; Pfaff, M.; Pitcher, G.; Al-Muftah, A.; Rochon, A.; Lim, P.T.; Leaw, C.P.; Lim, Z.F.; Ellegaard, M. (2018). Pentaplacodinium saltonense gen. et sp. nov. (Dinophyceae) and its relationship to the cyst-defined genus Operculodinium and yessotoxin-producing Protoceratium reticulatum. Harmful Algae 71: 57-77. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2017.12.003, more Mertens, K.N.; Carbonell-Moore, C. (2018). Introduction to Spiniferites Mantell 1850 special issue. Palynology 42(S1): 1-9. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2018.1465741, more Nézan, E.; Bilien, G.; Boulben, S.; Mertens, K.N.; Chomérat, N. (2018). Description and phylogenetic position of Plagiolemma distortum sp nov., a new raphid diatom (Bacillariophyceae) from French coastal waters. Diatom Research 33(1): 13-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2018.1468359, more Van Nieuwenhove, N.; Potvin, E.; Heikkila, M.; Pospelova, V.; Mertens, K.N.; Masure, E.; Kucharska, M.; Yang, E.J.; Chomérat, N.; Zajaczkowski, M. (2018). Taxonomic revision of Spiniferites elongatus (the resting stage of Gonyaulax elongata) based on morphological and molecular analyses. Palynology 42(Sup 1): 111-134. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2018.1465736, more Mertens, K.N.; Gu, H.; Pospelova, V.; Chomérat, N.; Nézan, E.; Gurdebeke, P.R.; Bogus, K.; Vrielinck, H.; Rumebe, M.; Meteigner, C. (2017). First record of resting cysts of the benthic dinoflagellate Prorocentrum leve in a natural reservoir in Gujan-Mestras, Gironde, France. J. Phycol. 53(6): 1193-1205. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12582, more Mertens, K.N.; Gu, H.; Takano, Y.; Price, A.M.; Pospelova, V.; Bogus, K.; Versteegh, G.J.M.; Marret, F.; Turner, R.E.; Rabalais, N.N.; Matsuoka, K. (2017). The cyst-theca relationship of the dinoflagellate cyst Trinovantedinium pallidifulvum, with erection of Protoperidinium lousianensis sp. nov. and their phylogenetic position within the Conica group. Palynology 41(2): 183-202. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2016.1147219, more Mudie, P.J.; Marret, F.; Mertens, K.N.; Leroy, S.A.G. (2017). Atlas of modern dinoflagellate cyst distributions in the Black Sea Corridor: from Aegean to Aral Seas, including Marmara, Black, Azov and Caspian Seas. Mar. Micropaleontol. 134: 1-152. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.05.004, more Luo, Z.; Krock, B.; Mertens, K.N.; Price, A.M.; Turner, R.E.; Rabalais, N.N.; Gu, H. (2016). Morphology, molecular phylogeny and azaspiracid profile of Azadinium poporum (Dinophyceae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Harmful Algae 55: 56-65. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2016.02.006, more Luo, Z.; Mertens, K.N.; Bagheri, S.; Aydin, H.; Takano, Y.; Matsuoka, K.; McCarthy, F.; Gu, H. (2016). Cyst-theca relationship and phylogenetic positions of Scrippsiella plana sp. nov. and S. spinifera (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae). Eur. J. Phycol. 51(2): 188-202. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2015.1120348, more Price, A.; Gurdebeke, P.R.; Mertens, K.N.; Pospelova, V. (2016). Determining the absolute abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments III: Identifying the source of Lycopodium loss during palynological processing and further testing of the Lycopodium marker-grain method. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 226: 78-90. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.12.009, more Gu, H.; Luo, Z.; Mertens, K.N.; Price, A.; Turner, R.; Rabalais, N. (2015). Cyst-motile stage relationship, morphology, ultrastructure, and molecular phylogeny of the gymnodinioid dinoflagellate Barrufeta resplendens comb. nov., formerly known as Gyrodinium resplendens, isolated from the Gulf of Mexico. J. Phycol. 51(5): 990-999. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12342, more Gu, H.; Liu, T.; Mertens, K.N. (2015). Cyst-theca relationship and phylogenetic positions of Protoperidinium (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae) species of the sections Conica and Tabulata, with description of Protoperidinium shanghaiense sp. nov. Phycologia 54(1): 49-66. https://dx.doi.org/10.2216/14-047.1, more Limoges, A; Mertens, K.N.; Ruiz-Fernandez, C; de Vernal, A (2015). First report of fossilized cysts produced by the benthic Bysmatrum subsalsum (Dinophyceae) from a shallow Mexican lagoon in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Phycol. 51(1): 211-215. dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12257, more Liu, T.; Mertens, K.N.; Ribeiro, S.; Ellegaard, M.; Matsuoka, K.; Gu, H. (2015). Cyst-theca relationships and phylogenetic positions of Peridiniales (Dinophyceae) with two anterior intercalary plates, with description of Archaeperidinium bailongense sp. nov. and Protoperidinium fuzhouense sp. nov. Phycol. Res. 63(2): 134-151. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pre.12081, more Liu, T.; Mertens, K.N.; Gu, H. (2015). Cyst-theca relationship and phylogenetic positions of the diplopsalioideans (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae), with description of Niea and Qia gen. nov. Phycologia 54(2): 210-232. dx.doi.org/10.2216/14-94.1, more Mertens, K.N.; Takano, Y.; Yamaguchi, A.; Gu, H.; Bogus, K.; Kremp, A.; Bagheri, S.; Matishov, G.; Matsuoka, K. (2015). The molecular characterization of the enigmatic dinoflagellate Kolkwitziella acuta reveals an affinity to the Excentrica section of the genus Protoperidinium. Syst. Biodiv. 13(6): 829-844. dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2015.1078855, more Mertens, K.N.; Takano, Y.; Gu, H.; Yamaguchi, A.; Pospelova, V.; Ellegaard, M.; Matsuoka, K. (2015). Cyst-theca relationship of a new dinoflagellate with a spiny round brown cyst, Protoperidinium lewisiae sp. nov., and its comparison to the cyst of Oblea acanthocysta. Phycol. Res. 63(2): 110-124. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pre.12083, more Mertens, K.N.; Aydin, H.; Uzar, S.; Takano, Y.; Yamaguchi, A.; Matsuoka, K. (2015). Relationship between the dinoflagellate cyst Spiniferites pachydermus and Gonyaulax ellegaardiae sp. nov. from Izmir Bay, Turkey, and molecular characterization. J. Phycol. 51(3): 560-573. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12304, more Mertens, K.N.; Wolny, J.; Carbonell-Moore, C.; Bogus, K.; Ellegaard, M.; Limoges, A.; de Vernal, A.; Gurdebeke, P.; Omura, T.; Al-Muftah, A.; Matsuoka, K. (2015). Corrigendum to “Taxonomic re-examination of the toxic armoured dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense Plate 1906: Can morphology or LSU sequencing separate P. bahamense var. compressum from var. bahamense?” [Harmful Algae 41 (2015) 1–24]. Harmful Algae 42: 71-72. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2014.12.002, more Mertens, K.N.; Wolny, J.; Carbonell-Moore, C.; Bogus, K.; Ellegaard, M.; Limoges, A.; de Vernal, A.; Gurdebeke, P.; Omura, T.; Al-Muftah, A.; Matsuoka, K. (2015). Taxonomic re-examination of the toxic armored dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense Plate 1906: can morphology or LSU sequencing separate P. bahamense var. compressum from var. bahamense? Harmful Algae 41: 1-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2014.09.010, more Quaijtaal, W.; Mertens, K.N.; Louwye, S. (2015). Some new acritarch species from the lower and middle Miocene of the Porcupine Basin, North Atlantic Ocean: biostratigraphy and palaeoecology. Palynology 39(1): 37-55. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2014.933749, more Bogus, K.; Mertens, K.N.; Lauwaert, J.; Harding, I.C.; Vrielinck, H.; Zonneveld, K.A.F.; Versteegh, G.J.M. (2014). Differences in the chemical composition of organic-walled dinoflagellate resting cysts from phototrophic and heterotrophic dinoflagellates. J. Phycol. 50(2): 254-266. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12170, more Jansson, M; Mertens, K.N.; Head, J; de Vernal, A; Londeix, L; Marret, F; Matthiessen, J; Sangiorgi, F (2014). Statistically assessing the correlation between salinity and morphology in cysts produced by the dinoflagellate Protoceratium reticulatum from surface sediments of the North Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean-Marmara-Black Sea region, and Baltic-Kattegat-Skagerrak estuarine system. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 399: 202-213. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.01.012, more Liu, T.T.; Gu, H.F.; Mertens, K.N.; Lan, D.Z. (2014). New dinoflagellate species Protoperidinium haizhouense sp. nov. (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae), its cyst-theca relationship and phylogenetic position within the Monovela group. Phycol. Res. 62(2): 109-124. dx.doi.org/10.1111/pre.12041, more Mertens, K.N.; Takano, Y.; Head, M.J.; Matsuoka, K. (2014). Living fossils in the Indo-Pacific warm pool: A refuge for thermophilic dinoflagellates during glaciations. Geology (Boulder Colo.) 42(6): 531-534. https://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G35456.1, more Verhoeven, K.; Louwye, S.; Paez-Reyes, M; Mertens, K.N.; Vercauteren, D. (2014). New acritarchs from the late Cenozoic of the southern North Sea Basin and the North Atlantic realm. Palynology 38(1): 38-50. dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2013.793626, more Mertens, K.N.; Yamaguchi, A.; Takano, Y.; Pospelova, V.; Head, M.J.; Radi, T.; Pienkowski, A.J.; de Vernal, A.; Kawami, H.; Matsuoka, K. (2013). A new heterotrophic dinoflagellate from the North-eastern Pacific, Protoperidinium fukuyoi: cyst-theca relationship, phylogeny, distribution and ecology. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 60(6): 545-563. dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12058, more Price, A.M.; Mertens, K.N.; Pospelova, V.; Pedersen, T.F.; Ganeshram, R.S. (2013). Late Quaternary climatic and oceanographic changes in the Northeast Pacific as recorded by dinoflagellate cysts from Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California (Mexico). Paleoceanography 28(1): 200-212. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/palo.20019, more Mertens, K.N.; Bradley, L.R.; Takano, Y.; Mudie, P.J.; Marret, F.; Aksu, A.E.; Hiscott, R.N.; Verleye, T.J.; Mousing, E.A.; Smyrnova, L.L.; Bagheri, S.; Mansor, M.; Pospelova, V.; Matsuoka, K. (2012). Quantitative estimation of Holocene surface salinity variation in the Black Sea using dinoflagellate cyst process length. Quat. Sci. Rev. 39: 45-59. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.01.026, more Mertens, K.N.; Bringue, M.; Van Nieuwenhove, N.; Takano, Y.; Pospelova, V.; Rochon, A.; De Vernal, A.; Radi, T.; Dale, B.; Patterson, R.T.; Andren, E.; Louwye, S.; Matsuoka, K. (2012). Process length variation of the cyst of the dinoflagellate Protoceratium reticulatum in the North Pacific and Baltic-Skagerrak region:calibration as an annual density proxy and first evidence of pseudo-cryptic speciation. J. Quaternary Sci. 27(7): 734-744. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2564, more Mertens, K.N.; Yamaguchi, A.; Kawami, H.; Ribeiro, S.; Leander, B.S.; Price, A.M.; Pospelova, V.; Ellegaard, M.; Matsuoka, K. (2012). Archaeperidinium saanichi sp nov.: a new species based on morphological variation of cyst and theca within the Archaeperidinium minutum Jörgensen 1912 species complex. Mar. Micropaleontol. 96-97: 48-62. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2012.08.002, more Mertens, K.N.; Price, A.M.; Pospelova, V. (2012). Determining the absolute abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments II: Further tests of the Lycopodium marker-grain method. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 184: 74-81. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.06.012, more Verleye, T.J.; Mertens, K.N.; Young, M.D.; Dale, B.; McMinn, A.; Scott, L.; Zonneveld, K.A.F.; Louwye, S. (2012). Average process length variation of the marine dinoflagellate cyst Operculodinium centrocarpum in the tropical and Southern Hemisphere Oceans: Assessing its potential as a palaeosalinity proxy. Mar. Micropaleontol. 86-87: 45-58. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2012.02.001, more Mertens, K.N.; Dale, B.; Ellegaard, M.; Jansson, I.M.; Godhe, A.; Kremp, A.; Louwye, S. (2011). Process length variation in cysts of the dinoflagellate Protoceratium reticulatum, from surface sediments of the Baltic-Kattegat-Skagerrak estuarine system: a regional salinity proxy. Boreas 40(2): 242-255. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00193.x, more Verleye, T.J.; Pospelova, V.; Mertens, K.N.; Louwye, S. (2011). The geographical distribution and (palaeo)ecology of Selenopemphix undulata sp nov., a new late Quaternary dinoflagellate cyst from the Pacific Ocean. Mar. Micropaleontol. 78(3-4): 65-83. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.10.001, more Wienberg, C.; Frank, N.; Mertens, K.N.; Stuut, J.B.; Marchant, M.; Fietzke, J.; Mienis, F.; Hebbeln, D. (2010). Glacial cold-water coral growth in the Gulf of Cadiz: Implications of increased palaeo-productivity. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 298(3-4): 405-416. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.017, more Mertens, K.N.; González, C.; Delusina, I.; Louwye, S. (2009). 30 000 years of productivity and salinity variations in the late Quaternary Cariaco Basin revealed by dinoflagellate cysts. Boreas 38(4): 647-662. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2009.00095.x, more Mertens, K.N.; Verhoeven, K.; Verleye, T.J.; Louwye, S.; Amorim, A.; Ribeiro, S.; Deaf, A.S.; Harding, I.C.; De Schepper, S.; Kodrans-Nsiah, M.; de Vernal, A.; Radi, T.; Dybkjaer, K.; Poulsen, N.E.; Feist-burkhardt, S.; Chitolie, J.; González Arango, C.; Heilmann-Clausen, C.; Londeix, L.; Turon, J.-L.; Marret, F.; Matthiessen, J.; McCarthy, F.M.G.; Prasad, V.; Pospelova, V.; Kyffin Hughes, J.E.; Riding, J.B.; Rochon, A.; Sangiorgi, F.; Welters, N.; Sinclair, N.; Thun, C.; Soliman, A.K.; Van Nieuwenhove, N.; Vink, A.; Young, M. (2009). Determining the absolute abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments: the Lycopodium marker-grain method put to the test. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 157(3-4): 238-252. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.05.004, more Mertens, K.N.; Lynn, M.; Aycard, M.; Lin, H.-L.; Louwye, S. (2009). Coccolithophores as palaeoecological indicators for shifts of the ITCZ in the Cariaco Basin during the Late Quaternary. J. Quaternary Sci. 24(2): 159-174. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1194, more Mertens, K.N.; Ribeiro, S.; Bouimetarhan, I.; Caner, H.; Combourieu-Nebout, N.; Dale, B.; de Vernal, A.; Ellegaard, M.; Filipova, M.; Godhe, A.; Goubert, E.; Grøsfjeld, K.; Holzwarth, U.; Kotthoff, U.; Leroy, S.A.G.; Londeix, L.; Marret, F.; Matsuoka, K.; Mudie, P.J.; Naudts, L.; Peña-Manjarrez, J.L.; Persson, A.; Popescu, S.-M.; Pospelova, V.; Sangiorgi, F.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Vink, A.; Zonneveld, K.A.F.; Vercauteren, D.; Vlassenbroeck, J.; Louwye, S. (2009). Process length variation in cysts of a dinoflagellate, Lingulodinium machaerophorum, in surface sediments: investigating its potential as salinity proxy. Mar. Micropaleontol. 70(1-2): 54-69. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.10.004, more Verleye, T.J.; Mertens, K.N.; Louwye, S.; Arz, H.W. (2009). Holocene salinity changes in the southwestern Black Sea: a reconstruction based on dinoflagellate cysts. Palynology 33(1): 77-100, more Gonzalez, C.; Dupont, L.M.; Mertens, K.; Wefer, G. (2008). Reconstructing marine productivity of the Cariaco Basin during marine isotope stages 3 and 4 using organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts. Paleoceanography 23(3). dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008PA001602, more Louwye, S.; Mertens, K.N.; Vercauteren, D. (2008). New dinoflagellate cysts from the Miocene of the Porcupine Basin, offshore southwest Ireland. Palynology 32(1): 131-142. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2008.9989654, more Louwye, S.; Foubert, A.; Mertens, K.; Van Rooij, D.; IODP Expedition 307 Sci Party (2008). Dinoflagellate cyst stratigraphy and palaeoecology of the lower and middle Miocene of Porcupine Basin, southwest of Ireland. Palynology 32: 263-263, more Louwye, S.; Foubert, A.; Mertens, K.N.; Van Rooij, D.; IODP Expedition 307 scientific party (2008). Integrated stratigraphy and palaeoecology of the Lower and Middle Miocene of the Porcupine Basin. Geol. Mag. 145(3): 321-344. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016756807004244, more
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Penaud, A.; Hardy, W.; Lambert, C.; Marret, F.; Masure, E.; Servais, T.; Siano, R.; Wary, M.; Mertens, K.N. (2018). Dinoflagellate fossils: geological and biological applications. Rev. Micropaleontol. 61(3-4): 235-254. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2018.09.003, more Mertens, K.; Vanneste, H.; Foubert, A. ; Louwye, S.; Hebbeln, D. (2006). Biometry of late Quaternary coccoliths from the Southern Cadiz region. Geophys. Res. Abstr. 8: 07934, more
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Mertens, K. (2018). Morpho-molecular studies of toxic and non-toxic dinoflagellates and their resting stages (cysts) and their implications for biodiversity assessments. Station de Biologie Marine: Concarneau. , more
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Mertens, K.N. (2009). Conclusion, in: Mertens, K.N. Tracing hydrological millennial-scale cycles in the Late Quaternary of the Cariaco Basin and the southern Gulf of Cádiz using coccoliths and dinoflagellate cycts = Opsporing van hydrologische cycli op millenium-schaal in het late Quartair van het Cariaco Bekken en de zuidelijke Golf van Cádiz met behulp van coccolieten en dinoflagellatencysten. pp. 135-140, more Mertens, K.N. (2009). Introduction, in: Mertens, K.N. Tracing hydrological millennial-scale cycles in the Late Quaternary of the Cariaco Basin and the southern Gulf of Cádiz using coccoliths and dinoflagellate cycts = Opsporing van hydrologische cycli op millenium-schaal in het late Quartair van het Cariaco Bekken en de zuidelijke Golf van Cádiz met behulp van coccolieten en dinoflagellatencysten. pp. 7-17, more Mertens, K.N.; Foubert, A.; Wienberg, C.; Hebbeln, D.; Vanneste, H.; Baas, M.; Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Stuut, J.-B.; Louwye, S. (2009). Tracking 40,000 years of the North Atlantic Oscillation in the Late Quaternary southern Gulf of Cádiz using nannofossils, biomarkers and sedimentological proxies, in: Mertens, K.N. Tracing hydrological millennial-scale cycles in the Late Quaternary of the Cariaco Basin and the southern Gulf of Cádiz using coccoliths and dinoflagellate cycts = Opsporing van hydrologische cycli op millenium-schaal in het late Quartair van het Cariaco Bekken en de zuidelijke Golf van Cádiz met behulp van coccolieten en dinoflagellatencysten. pp. 35-55, more Mertens, K.N.; Hallett, R.; Verleye, T.J.; Sangiorgi, F.; Holzwarth, U.; Zonneveld, K.A.F.; Londeix, L.; Louwye, S. (2009). What drives the distribution of cysts of Lingulodinium polyedrum?, in: Mertens, K.N. Tracing hydrological millennial-scale cycles in the Late Quaternary of the Cariaco Basin and the southern Gulf of Cádiz using coccoliths and dinoflagellate cycts = Opsporing van hydrologische cycli op millenium-schaal in het late Quartair van het Cariaco Bekken en de zuidelijke Golf van Cádiz met behulp van coccolieten en dinoflagellatencysten. pp. 94-99, more Mertens, K.N.; González, C.E.; Delusina, I.; Louwye, S. (2009). 30,000 years of productivity and salinity variations in the Late Quaternary Cariaco Basin revealed by dinoflagellate cysts, in: Mertens, K.N. Tracing hydrological millennial-scale cycles in the Late Quaternary of the Cariaco Basin and the southern Gulf of Cádiz using coccoliths and dinoflagellate cycts = Opsporing van hydrologische cycli op millenium-schaal in het late Quartair van het Cariaco Bekken en de zuidelijke Golf van Cádiz met behulp van coccolieten en dinoflagellatencysten. pp. 101-118, more Mertens, K.N.; Groeneveld, J.C.; Van Kerckhoven, L.; Wienberg, C.; Hebbeln, D.; Verleye, T.J.; Louwye, S. (2009). Reconciling dinoflagellate cyst Mg/Ca records as tools for temperature, salinity and productivity reconstructions during the last 40,000 years in the Southern Gulf of Cádiz, in: Mertens, K.N. Tracing hydrological millennial-scale cycles in the Late Quaternary of the Cariaco Basin and the southern Gulf of Cádiz using coccoliths and dinoflagellate cycts = Opsporing van hydrologische cycli op millenium-schaal in het late Quartair van het Cariaco Bekken en de zuidelijke Golf van Cádiz met behulp van coccolieten en dinoflagellatencysten. pp. 119-134, more Mertens, K.N.; Lynn, M.; Aycard, M.; Lin, H.-L.; Louwye, S. (2009). Coccolithophores as palaeoecological indicators for shifts of the ITCZ in the Cariaco Basin during the Late Quaternary, in: Mertens, K.N. Tracing hydrological millennial-scale cycles in the Late Quaternary of the Cariaco Basin and the southern Gulf of Cádiz using coccoliths and dinoflagellate cycts = Opsporing van hydrologische cycli op millenium-schaal in het late Quartair van het Cariaco Bekken en de zuidelijke Golf van Cádiz met behulp van coccolieten en dinoflagellatencysten. pp. 18-34, more Mertens, K.N.; Ribeiro, S.; Bouimetarhan, I.; Caner, H.; Combourieu-Nebout, N.; Dale, B.; de Vernal, A.; Ellegaard, M.; Filipova, M.; Godhe, A.; Goubert, E.; Grøsfjeld, K.; Holzwarth, U.; Kotthoff, U.; Leroy, S.A.G.; Londeix, L.; Marret, F.; Matsuoka, K.; Mudie, P.J.; Naudts, L.; Peña-Manjarrez, J.L.; Persson, A.; Popescu, S.-M.; Pospelova, V.; Sangiorgi, F.; van der Meer, M.T.J.; Vink, A.; Zonneveld, K.A.F.; Vercauteren, D.; Vlassenbroeck, J.; Louwye, S. (2009). Process length variation in cysts of a dinoflagellate, Lingulodinium machaerophorum, in surface sediments: investigating its potential as salinity proxy, in: Mertens, K.N. Tracing hydrological millennial-scale cycles in the Late Quaternary of the Cariaco Basin and the southern Gulf of Cádiz using coccoliths and dinoflagellate cycts = Opsporing van hydrologische cycli op millenium-schaal in het late Quartair van het Cariaco Bekken en de zuidelijke Golf van Cádiz met behulp van coccolieten en dinoflagellatencysten. pp. 74-93, more Mertens, K.N.; Verhoeven, K.; Verleye, T.J.; Louwye, S.; Amorim, A.; Ribeiro, S.; Deaf, A.S.; Harding, I.C.; De Schepper, S.; Kodrans-Nsiah, M.; de Vernal, A.; Radi, T.; Dybkjaer, K.; Poulsen, N.E.; Feist-burkhardt, S.; Chitolie, J.; González Arango, C.; Heilmann-Clausen, C.; Londeix, L.; Turon, J.-L.; Marret, F.; Matthiessen, J.; McCarthy, F.M.G.; Prasad, V.; Pospelova, V.; Kyffin Hughes, J.E.; Riding, J.B.; Rochon, A.; Sangiorgi, F.; Welters, N.; Sinclair, N.; Thun, C.; Soliman, A.K.; Van Nieuwenhove, N.; Vink, A.; Young, M. (2009). Determining the absolute abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments: the Lycopodium marker-grain method put to the test, in: Mertens, K.N. Tracing hydrological millennial-scale cycles in the Late Quaternary of the Cariaco Basin and the southern Gulf of Cádiz using coccoliths and dinoflagellate cycts = Opsporing van hydrologische cycli op millenium-schaal in het late Quartair van het Cariaco Bekken en de zuidelijke Golf van Cádiz met behulp van coccolieten en dinoflagellatencysten. pp. 56-73, more
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Mertens, K.N. (2009). Tracing hydrological millennial-scale cycles in the Late Quaternary of the Cariaco Basin and the southern Gulf of Cádiz using coccoliths and dinoflagellate cycts = Opsporing van hydrologische cycli op millenium-schaal in het late Quartair van het Cariaco Bekken en de zuidelijke Golf van Cádiz met behulp van coccolieten en dinoflagellatencysten. PhD Thesis. Department of Biology/Ghent University, Department of Geology and Soil Science: Gent. 205 pp., more Mertens, K. (2004). Kalkschalig nannoplankton en dinoflagellaten als paleomilieu-indicatoren van het Laat-Quartair in het Cariaco Bekken (ODP Site 1002), Venezuela. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent, Faculteit Wetenschappen, Vakgroep Geologie en Bodemkunde: Gent. 189 pp., more Mertens, K.N. (2002). Ruimtelijke en temporele patronen in paleoproductiviteit van kalkschalig nannoplankton en diatomeeën langs NE-Atlantische continentale randen. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen. Vakgroep Biologie: Gent. 186, ill., appendices pp., more
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Gurdebeke, P.R.; Mertens, K.N.; Rajter, L.; Meyvisch, P.; Potvin, E.; Yang, E.-J.; André, C.; Pospelova, V.; Louwye, S. (2023). Alphonse Meunier's enigmatic Radiosperma belongs to the ciliates, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 1 March 2023, Bruges. VLIZ Special Publication, 90: pp. 63, more Meyvisch, P.; Mertens, K.; Gurdebeke, P.; Pospelova, V.; Vrielinck, H.; Louwye, S. (2023). Unraveling the chemical composition of modern, resistant, organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts via FTIR spectroscopy, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 1 March 2023, Bruges. VLIZ Special Publication, 90: pp. 77, more Benachour, H.B.; Benaslah, M.; Gurdebeke, P.R.; Kroeck, D.M.; Mertens, K.N.; Navidi-Izad, N.; Servais, T. (2019). A review of the acritarch genus Saharidia Combaz 1967, in: 52nd Annual Meeting AASP-The Palynological Society, June 30^th to July 5^th 2019, Ghent, Belgium: Abstracts. , more Gurdebeke, P.R.; Mertens, K.N.; Meyvisch, P.; Jansegers, P.; Bogus, K.; Vrielinck, H.; Louwye, S. (2019). Investigating the macromolecular composition of dinoflagellate cysts and other palynomorphs using micro-FTIR, in: 52nd Annual Meeting AASP-The Palynological Society, June 30^th to July 5^th 2019, Ghent, Belgium: Abstracts. pp. 30, more McCarthy, F.M.G.; Krueger, A.M.; Gurdebeke, P.R.; Mertens, K.N.; Fensome, R.A.; Lucas-Clark, J. (2019). The Peridiniacean lineage and its transition to freshwater environments: the strange case of Peridinium limbatum, in: 52nd Annual Meeting AASP-The Palynological Society, June 30^th to July 5^th 2019, Ghent, Belgium: Abstracts. , more Meyvisch, P.; Mertens, K.N.; Gurdebeke, P.R.; Vrielinck, H.; Jansegers, P.; Louwye, S. (2019). Methodological assessment of micro-FTIR as a tool for the characterization of macromolecular dinoflagellate cyst compositions and chemotaxonomy, in: 52nd Annual Meeting AASP-The Palynological Society, June 30^th to July 5^th 2019, Ghent, Belgium: Abstracts. , more Gurdebeke, P.R.; Mertens, K.N.; Bogus, K.; Versteegh, G.J.M.; Vrielinck, H.; Louwye, S. (2018). Understanding the nature of organic walled palynomorphs in modern sediments: contributions from micro-FTIR, in: Steemans, P. et al. Miscellanea palaeontologica 2018: program and abstracts. pp. 11, more Gurdebeke, P.R.; Mertens, K.N.; Pospelova, V.; Van Riet, B.; Li, Z.; Dallimore, A.; Louwye, S. (2017). A new centennial scale Holocene dinoflagellate cyst record from Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada), in: DINO11. 11th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, 17 to 21 July, 2017, Bordeaux: program and abstract volume. pp. 59-60, more Mertens, K.N.; Gu, H.; Pospelova, V.; Chomérat, N.; Nézan, E.; Gurdebeke, P.R.; Bogus, K.; Vrielinck, H.; Rumebe, M.; Meteigner, C. (2017). First record of cellulosic resting cysts of the benthic dinoflagellate Prorocentrum leve in a natural reservoir in Gujan-Mestras, Gironde, France, in: DINO11. 11th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, 17 to 21 July, 2017, Bordeaux: program and abstract volume. pp. 67, more Gurdebeke, P.R.; Pospelova, V.; Mertens, K.N.; Chana, J.; Dallimore, A.; Louwye, S. (2016). Holocene dinoflagellate cysts from fjords of western Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada), in: Baele, J.-M. et al. Proceedings of the 5^th International Geologica Belgica Congress: 26–29 January 2016 – Mons, Belgium. pp. 289, more Gurdebeke, P.R.; Mertens, K.N.; Marret, F.; Louwye, S. (2015). Restudy of Spiniferites and Dubridinium from holotype and topotype material from Recent surface sediments in British estuaries, in: International 2^nd workshop on the taxonomy of Pliocene to modern Spiniferites* and Achomosphaera.* , more Gurdebeke, P.R.; Pospelova, V.; Mertens, K.N.; Chana, J.; Dallimore, A.; Louwye, S. (2015). Dinoflagellate cysts in recent sediments from fjords of western Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada), in: GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015). , more Mertens, K.N. (2015). Marine dinoflagellate cysts as tools in palaeoecology, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Marine Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 90, more Gurdebeke, P.R.; Pospelova, V.; Mertens, K.N.; Chana, J.; Dallimore, A.; Louwye, S. (2013). Dinoflagellate cysts in recent sediments from fjords of western Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada): preliminary results, in: American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, 46th Annual meeting: Abstracts. , more Mertens, K.N.; Louwye, S. (2012). Process length of dinoflagellate cysts as salinity proxy, in: Devleeschouwer, X. et al. Abstract Book. 4^th International Geologica Belgica Meeting 2012, September 11-14, Brussels, Belgium. pp. 117, more Verleye, T.J.; Pospelova, V.; Mertens, K.; Louwye, S. (2011). The spatial distribution and (palaeo)ecology of a new late Quaternary dinoflagellate cyst from the Pacific Ocean, Selenopemphix undulata, in: DINO9. Ninth International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, August 28 to September 2, 2011, Liverpool: abstracts. pp. 110, more Verleye, T.J.; Pospelova, V.; Mertens, K.; Louwye, S. (2011). The spatial distribution and (palaeo)ecology of a new late Quaternary dinoflagellate cyst from the Pacific Ocean, Selenopemphix undulata, in: 44th Annual Meeting (AASP) Southampton, England, Sep. 5-7, 2011: abstracts. , more Mertens, K.; Ellegaard, M.; Louwye, S.; Dale, B.; Holzwarth, U.; Marret, F.; Mudie, P.; Leroy, S.; Pospelova, V.; Sangiorgi, F.; Vercauteren, D.; Verleye, T.J.; Versteegh, G.J.M.; Versteegh, G.; Zonneveld, K.A.F. (2010). Morphological variation of Operculodinium centrocarpum and Lingulodinium machaerophorum in culture and the field and relation to environmental parameters, in: EUROPROX workshop/course. (Palaeo-)ecology of cyst forming dinoflagellates, May 17–21, 2010, Bremen: abstracts. pp. 9, more Verleye, T.J.; Pospelova, V.; Mertens, K.; Louwye, S. (2010). The spatial distribution and (palaeo)ecology of a new late Quaternary dinoflagellate cyst from the Pacific Ocean: Selenopemphix undulata, in: Palaeontological Association, 54th Annual meeting: abstracts. pp. 76, more Mudie, P.J.; Mertens, K.; Marret, F.; Verleye, T.J.; Aksu, A.E.; Hiscott, R.N. (2009). Palynological signals of recent anthropogenic impacts on the Black Sea and the implications for early Holocene salinity changes, in: Gilbert, A. et al. IGCP 521-INQUA 0501 Fifth Plenary Meeting and Field Trip, Istanbul-Izmir-Çanakkale (Turkey): extended abstracts, 22-31 August 2009. , more Mertens, K.; Amorim, A.; Ribeiro, S.; Deaf, A.S.; Harding, I.; De Schepper, S.; de Vernal, A.; Radi, T.; Dybkjaer, K.; Poulsen, N.; Feist-Burkhardt, S.; Chitolie, J.; González, C.; Heilmann-Clausen, C.; Kodrans-Nsiah, M.; Londeix, L.; Turon, J.-L.; Marret, F.; Matthiessen, J.; McCarthy, F.; Prasad, V.; Pospelova, V.; Hughes, J.K.; Riding, A.B.; Rochon, A.; Sangiorgi, F.; Marino, G.; Welters, N.; Sinclair, N.; Thun, C.; Soliman, A.; Van Nieuwenhove, N.; Vink, A.; Verhoeven, K.; Verleye, T.; Louwye, S.; Young, M. (2008). The absolute abundance calibration project: the Lycopodium marker-grain method put to the test, in: DINO8. Eighth International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, May 4 to May 10, 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: abstracts. pp. 37-38, more Verleye, T.; Mertens, K.; Louwye, S.; Arz, H. (2008). Holocene dinoflagellate cysts as salinity indicators from the southwestern Black Sea, in: DINO8. Eighth International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, May 4 to May 10, 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: abstracts. pp. 62-63, more Verleye, T.J.; Mertens, K.; Louwye, S.; Arz, H.W. (2008). The Holocene salinity changes in the southwestern Black Sea: a reconstruction based on dinoflagellate cysts, in: BELQUA 2008 Annual Scientific Workshop, Brussels, 19 March 2008. pp. 25, more Verleye, T.J.; Mertens, K.; Louwye, S. (2007). Holocene paleo-environment from the southwest Black Sea: a reconstruction based on dinoflagellate cysts and other palynomorphs, in: Geologica Belgica Meeting, 19 oktober, 2007, Brussel. , more
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Gurdebeke, P.R. (2019). Holocene dinoflagellate cysts and other palynomorphs from Northern Hemisphere estuaries: taxonomy, distribution, geochemistry and paleoecological application. PhD Thesis. Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geology: Ghent. xxiv, 295 pp., more Van Hauwaert, T. (2016). Recent dinoflagellate cysts from the Chesapeake estuary (Maryland and Virginia, U.S.A.): taxonomy and ecological preferences. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent, Faculteit Wetenschappen, Vakgroep Geologie: Ghent. vi, 97 pp., more Verleye, T.J. (2007). Het Holocene paleomilieu van de zuidwestelijke Zwarte Zee: Een reconstructie aan de hand van dinoflagellatencysten en andere palynomorfen. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Vakgroep Geografie: Gent. 184 pp., more
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Thierens, M. (2005). Paleo-oceanografische studie van Laat-Quartaire sedimenten aan de hand van foraminiferen en coccolieten in het noorden van Porcupine Seabight, ten zuidwesten van Ierland. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent, Faculteit Wetenschappen, Vakgroep Geologie en Bodemkunde: Gent. 155 + bijlagen pp., more

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