Table 1.
Overview of records of maximal in situ duration of viability of diatoms and dinoflagellates
| Species | Environment | Sediment core depth (cm) | Estimated age (years) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diatoms | ||||
|
Melosira (Aulacoseira) italica
(Ehrenberg) Simonsen |
Lake | 25–35 | 175–275a | Stockner and Lund (1970) |
|
Skeletonema marinoi
Sarno & Zingone et al. |
Coastal marine (fjord) | 44 | >55 | McQuoid et al. (2002) |
| 22 | >80 | Härnström et al. (2011) | ||
|
Chaetoceros socialis
H. S. Lauder |
44 | >55 | McQuoid et al. (2002) | |
|
Detonula confervacea
(Cleve) Gran | ||||
|
Chaetoceros
Ehrenberg spp. |
39 | 80 | Ellegaard et al. (2013) | |
| Dinoflagellates | ||||
|
Alexandrium
Halim spp. |
Coastal marine (bay) | 63 | 61 | Feifel, Fletcher, Watson, Moore, and Lessard (2015) |
|
Alexandrium tamarense
(Lebour) Balech |
32 | ca. 100 | Miyazono, Nagia, Kudo, and Tanizawa (2012) | |
|
Scrippsiella Balech ex A.R.Loeblich III spp. |
63 | 61 | Feifel et al. (2015) | |
|
Pentapharsodinium dalei
Indelicato & Loeblich III |
Coastal marine (fjord) | 44 | >55 | McQuoid et al. (2002) |
| 37 | ca. 90 | Lundholm et al. (2011) | ||
|
Lingulodinium polyedrum
(F. Stein) J. D. Dodge |
37 | ca. 90 | Lundholm et al. (2011) | |
|
Spiniferites
G.A. Mantell spp. |
17 | 30 | Ellegaard et al. (2013) | |
a
Age estimated by estimating sedimentation rate.