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Research article
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07 Sep 2020
Research article |
| 07 Sep 2020
| 07 Sep 2020
Changes in the composition of marine and sea-ice diatoms derived from sedimentary ancient DNA of the eastern Fram Strait over the past 30 000 years
Heike H. Zimmermann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute
Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Kathleen R. Stoof-Leichsenring
Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute
Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Stefan Kruse
Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute
Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Juliane Müller
Marine Geology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar
and Marine Research, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
MARUM, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany
Ruediger Stein
Marine Geology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar
and Marine Research, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
MARUM, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany
Ralf Tiedemann
Marine Geology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar
and Marine Research, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
Ulrike Herzschuh
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute
Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, 14476
Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, University of
Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Recovering short DNA fragments from minerals and marine sediments: A comparative study evaluating lysis and isolation approaches D. Gande et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.547
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- Vegetation Reconstruction From Siberia and the Tibetan Plateau Using Modern Analogue Technique–Comparing Sedimentary (Ancient) DNA and Pollen Data S. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.668611
- Sedimentary ancient DNA sequences reveal marine ecosystem shifts and indicator taxa for glacial-interglacial sea ice conditions D. Grant et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108619
- Ancient marine sediment DNA reveals diatom transition in Antarctica L. Armbrecht et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33494-4
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- Sedimentary DNA for tracking the long-term changes in biodiversity H. Li et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25130-5
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- Enhanced sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) retrieval from Antarctic diatoms P. Singh et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2025.102477
- Marine sedimentary ancient DNA from Antarctic diatoms P. Singh et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112090
- Millennial-scale variations in Arctic sea ice are recorded in sedimentary ancient DNA of the microalga Polarella glacialis S. Harðardóttir et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01179-5
- Taxonomic and abundance biases affect the record of marine eukaryotic plankton communities in sediment DNA archives N. Nguyen et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.14014
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Short summary
This study targets high-resolution, diatom-specific sedimentary ancient DNA using a DNA metabarcoding approach. Diatom DNA has been preserved with substantial taxonomic richness in the eastern Fram Strait over the past 30 000 years with taxonomic composition being dominated by cold-water and sea-ice-associated diatoms. Taxonomic reorganisations took place after the Last Glacial Maximum and after the Younger Dryas. Peak proportions of pennate diatoms might indicate past sea-ice presence.
This study targets high-resolution, diatom-specific sedimentary ancient DNA using a DNA...
