| title: | Expansion of application possibilities of macrofossil analysis in palaeolimnological research |
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| reg no: | ETF6679 |
| project type: | Estonian Science Foundation research grant |
| subject: |
1.11. Natural Geography (incl Meteorology, Geophysics) |
| status: | accepted |
| institution: | Tallinna Ülikooli Ökoloogia Instituut |
| head of project: | Tiiu Koff |
| duration: | 01.01.2006 - 31.12.2008 |
| description: | The main goal of the proposed project is further development of the method of macrofossil analysis and its application in the study of bottom sediments of small Estonian lakes and the use of the findings in the reconstruction of the development of lakes. The objects of the project are to find relationships between the composition of subfossil macroremains found in the sediments and the species composition of macrophytes that existed at the respective time and estimate processes and factors that determine decomposition or preservation of plant material. The methodological approach we plan to focus on quantitative determination of decomposition level of organic sediment and the proportions of different organic sediment fractions, study of the preservation processes of macroremains, determination of the origin of the amorphous organic herbaceous fraction of the sediment and application of C/N and fossil pigment analysis. |
| project group | ||||
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| no | name | institution | position | |
| 1. | Mihkel Kangur | |||
| 2. | Tiiu Koff | Tallinna Ülikooli Ökoloogia Instituut | ||
| 3. | Annika Mikomägi | |||