p. 10) and in a session entitled “New Insights and Long term Records from Lacustrine Sys- President's Message tems” at IAGLR 2015 (the 58th Annual Con- ference on Great Lakes Research) in Bur- It has been a good and eventful year for lington VT, and we hope to hear about rele- CAP – we welcome six new members (see vant papers delivered at the INQUA Con- listing on p. 12), four from Canadian Uni- gress in Japan from colleagues who will be versities and two from American universities in attendance. – some students, some faculty members – Our Website Editor, Alwynne Beaudoin, and with diverse interests including geology, will be co-leading a field trip entitled “East botany, paleolimnology, paleoclimatology of Edmonton: Late Quaternary landscapes, and archeology. In addition, the call for ap- paleoenvironments, and human history” at plicants for the CAP Student Award resulted Botany 2015 in Edmonton (July 25 – 29). I in a tight competition between five excellent will be there in charge of the AASP booth candidates with interesting research projects (with some CAP membership forms in hand) (see the announcement of the winner – and together with CAP member Kimberley Bell, an honourable mention- on p. 2). This all so if you are in the neighborhood, do stop augurs well for the future of palynology. by! Our IFPS Councillor, Simon Goring, is There was also strong visibility for paly- co-convening parallel sessions entitled nology and related fields at the Joint Assem- “Paleoecological Patterns, Ecological Pro- bly in Montreal, including a session entitled cesses, Modeled Scenarios: Crossing Scales “Global Change During the Holocene and to Understand an Uncertain Future?” at two Anthropocene: New Methods, Questions, meetings to be held in Baltimore this year: and Perspectives” convened by long-time the Ecological Society of America meeting CAP members Matt Peros and Konrad (August 9 – 14) and the Geological Society Gajewski (see the Notes from Montreal on of America (November 1 – 4). Six other pal- ynologically-relevant sessions will be held at the GSA meeting, including the dedicated topical session “T146. Palynology” (see invi- CAP EXECUTIVE 2013 tation on p. 9). I look forward to seeing many of you at the President: Francine McCarthy AGM to be held in Baltimore in early No- President elect: Vera Pospelova vember – details to be announced by email Secretary-Treasurer: Mary Vetter and on the website. Website Editor: Alwynne Beaudoin Francine McCarthy Newsletter Editor: Florin Pendea CAP President IFPS Councillor: Simon Goring ([email protected]),

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Editor's Notes CAP STUDENT Thank you to all who contributed materi- al for this edition of the CAP Newsletter:

A. Beaudoin, S. Goring, T. Lacourse, F. AWARD McCarthy, V. Pospelova, and M. Vetter.

This year, the CAP Awards Subcom- mittee had a very difficult time choos- ing between five very high-quality ap- Deadline for Next plications for the Student Award – thank you to all the applicants, and CAP Newsletter good luck with the research!

Please submit items for the next issue of the In the end the award went to Kimber- CAP Newsletter (Volume 38, Number 2, De- ley Bell, a PhD candidate in Geosci- cember 2015) by November 10, 2015. Con- ence at the University of Calgary spe- ference reports, announcements, field trip cializing in palynology and biostratig- reports, notices of new books, dissertation raphy. The title of her research pro- abstracts, book reviews, news, and essays on posal was Biostratigraphy of Creta- topics relevant to Canadian palynology are ceous and Paleogene strata in north- all welcome. Please send contributions to: ern Yukon Territory and District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories. We Florin Pendea look forward to reading a brief sum- CAP Newsletter Editor mary of her research and the use to [email protected] which she put the prize money in the December Newsletter.

The committee decided to award an Table of Contents “honourable mention” to Kristin Mi- chels, a PhD candidate - in Botany President’s Message...... ….….……....1 with an emphasis in Paleoecology at CAP Executive .………………...….…1 the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Editor’s notes …………..………...... 2 for her proposal entitled: Historical CAP student award……………….…..2 Vegetation Change in the Sylvania Updating CAP…………….……….….3 Wilderness: A High-Resolution Pollen Featured article…………………….….4 Record. Palynfo…………………………….….9 Upcoming CAP AGM……….……….9 Notes from Montreal...…..……….….10 Francine McCarthy Graduate opportunities...……...... 11 Chair of Awards Selection Committee Recent publications……....………….12 Welcome new members……………..12

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ration in Nova Scotia, including the require- Updating the ment that our AGM be held in that province Canadian Association each year. Following research, consultation with other scientific organizations, and dis- of Palynologists! cussions among members of the Executive and other CAP members, we decided CAP The Canadian Association of Palynologists should apply for incorporation as a not-for- was proposed in 1974 and first met officially profit organization federally, through Corpo- on January 8, 1979. In January 1987, CAP rations Canada. That process was successful- was incorporated as a non-profit organiza- ly completed on 23 June 2015. With federal tion registered in Nova Scotia through the incorporation, our members can reside any- hard work of then Secretary-Treasurer Rob where in the world and we can hold our Fensome. The By-laws set up then and mod- AGM anywhere as well. ified in a few minor ways since have guided CAP through the years (see the CAP website The annual reporting requirements are simi- lar to those for incorporation in Nova Scotia. We will need to file an annual return, includ- ing our financial statement, each year as be- fore. Filing online will actually be a little cheaper than the Nova Scotia filing fee was.

We will need to make some minor changes to our By-laws and submit those to Corpora- tions Canada before 23 June 2016. There- fore, we will need to consider and approve the new By-laws at CAP’s upcoming AGM at the 2015 Geological Society of America http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/oxygen- Annual Meeting in Baltimore, 1-4 Novem- icons.org/oxygen/256/Apps-system-software- update-icon.png Commercial use allowed. ber. The Executive will draft and circulate the proposed new By-laws in advance of the http://www.scirpus.ca/cap/hist.htm for a full AGM. Please plan to attend! accounting of CAP’s history).

Mary Vetter In early 2013 we learned that CAP was not CAP Secretary-Treasurer meeting the conditions to continue incorpo-

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“Dinoflagellates are funky things” in the De- cember 2014 CAP Newsletter, Vol. 37 (2). The differences in the middle to late Holo- Featured article cene records of core SP09 from the mono- limnion and of core SP07, still in deep water (13.3 m) but within the chemocline (the zone Exploiting Taphonomy of rapid change in physico-chemical condi- tions of the water column in Sluice Pond, to improve Lake Level MA) was attributed to selective oxidation of susceptible dinocysts at the shallower site. Reconstruction Large, ornate cysts attributed to Peridinium gatunense Nygaard that comprise as much By Francine McCarthy as 78 % (mean 40.2, n=43) of the Holocene record in core SP09 (Fig. 1) are rare (up to Paleoenvironmental reconstruction as- 33%. Mean = 11.3%, n = 15) in the relative- sumes that fossil assemblages primarily re- ly sparse, less diverse dinocyst record in core flect the life assemblage, and that it was in SP07, illustrating the perils of basing inter- equilibrium with ambient conditions, but I pretations on analysis of a single core have long contended that the importance of (Drljepan et al., 2014). taphonomy is often (typically?) underesti- Together with my collaborators, I have mated. In most lakes the life assemblage is continued to tease out the ecological and pervasively skewed by factors like differen- taphonomic signatures of the dinocyst rec- tial preservation of the various components ords of Sluice Pond by comparing the paly- of the ecosystem and time-averaging of the nological assemblage in lakebed sediments record, in addition to transport into and out both above and below the chemocline. The of the lake (Kidwell and Flessa 1996). Mero- bathymetry of Sluice Pond provides an ideal mixis (permanent stratification leading to natural laboratory to assess the influence of anoxia in the unmixed bottom layer, or mon- oxidation (Fig. 2). Most of the lake area is olimnion) promotes excellent preservation less than 5 m in depth and contains well- and effectively eliminates bioturbation, al- oxygenated water (see CAP Newsletter Vol. lowing the best opportunity to isolate the 37 (2), p. 12), but there is a deep basin in the biological component of variance between southeast part of the lake that inhibits mixing samples from the taphonomic component of the water column, and the water above the (Bell et al. 1987; Behrensmeyer et al. 2000). lakebed is anoxic (see measurements of dis- I attributed the exceptional abundance solved oxygen/ DO through the water col- and diversity of dinoflagellate cysts in Holo- umn at Station 1 near the site of Core SP09 cene sediments from the deep basins of in Figure 1). small, deep lakes in large part to bottom wa- ter anoxia in an article entitled:

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Figure 1. Core SP09, near Station 1 where water quality was measured showing an anoxic monolimnion below 15 m in the water column, contains a diverse and abundant dinocyst record. The transition from a Peridinium wisconsinense- dominated assemblage to one rich in taxa like and Peridinium gatunense, P. willei, and P. volzii reflects eutrophication during the mid-Holocene drought (Drljepan et al., 2014). The absence of holobenthic protozoans (testate amoebae/ thecamoebians) below the maroon reflector reflects bottom water an- oxia (dissolved oxygen concentration nearly 0 mg/L) until ~7500 years ago when site SP07 was initially trans- gressed (lake level reconstruction from Hubeny et al., 2015; also see Fig. 2), and the abundance of holoplankton- ic protozoans (black) as well as testate amoebae with a planktonic phase (dark grey) records seasonal anoxia in a eutrophic lake.

The high variability in dinocyst assem- letter (see CAP Newsletter Vol. 37 (2), p. blages across the modern lakebed (Fig. 3) 14) is evident. Sediments within the mixo- undoubtedly results from a variety of ecolog- limnion are rich in holobenthic testate amoe- ical and taphonomic factors, but the strong bae that require oxygenated bottom water inverse relationship between water depth and (McCarthy et al., in prep.), and the inferred the relative abundance of cysts of Peridinium preservation bias toward the large, thick- willei (R2 = .8072) reported in the last news- walled cysts of P. willei is consistent with

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Figure 2. Sub-bottom profile line from Sluice Pond along transect A – A’ showing seismic reflectors illustrated with colored lines and core locations with black lines. The yellow reflector is the modern lakebed, the pink re- flector is the glacially-scoured basin, and the maroon reflector, dated 7456 + 50 in core SP09 and 7816 + 163 in core SP07, records the initial transgression of the marginal site (modified from Hubeny et al., 2015). The affinity for meromixis varied dramatically with fluctuations in lake level through the Holocene, as calculated for in Table 1 for the water depths illustrated; today, the relatively large surface area with well-mixed waters over most of the lake produces seasonal anoxia in the deep basin, intensified by BOD due to decay of organics on the lakebed. the relatively frequent report of these cysts Sluice Pond. Assuming that oxidation is rep- in palynological studies (e.g., Norris and resented by low-diversity assemblages McAndrews, 1970; Burden et al., 1986; Zip- strongly dominated by resistant cysts pi et al., 1990; McCarthy et al., 2011; (Peridinium wisconsinense during the early Danesh et al., 2013; McCarthy and Krueger, oligotrophic, small, deep phase and Peridini- 2013). Conversely, sediments rich in loricae um willei since the lake became eutrophic; of planktonic protozoa and tests of Cucurbi- see Drljepan et al., 2014), we can assess bot- tella tricuspis (a testate amoeba species tom water oxygenation through the Holo- known to tolerate seasonal anoxia due to its cene. relationship with Spirogyra in the water col- There was a high affinity for meromixis umn) contain abundant cysts rarely reported (calculated using the equation of in palynological studies (Fig. 2), including Hutchinson, 1957) through most of the Hol- Peridinium gatunense that was abundant (> ocene (Table 1), particularly between the red 3 1000 cells/mL/ ~300 mg chlorophyll/m ) in and maroon reflectors (~11,000 – 7400 cal Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) during spring BP) when a very small, steep-walled lake blooms until the mid-1990s when hydrologi- occupied the basin, inhibiting turnover (Fig. cal modifications prevented inflows of nutri- 2). The transgression to the site of Core ent-enriched water from the Jordan River SP07 between ~7400 and 5700 cal BP – (Viner-Mozzini et al. 2003; Zohary et al., from the maroon and green reflectors – cov- 2012). ered a relatively large area with shallow wa- We are using the taphonomic bias to re- ter; the establishment of an aerobic benthic fine the water level curve – and thus the fauna dominated by holobenthic thecamoebi- paleohydrologic/ paleoclimatic history of ans is ecological evidence of oxygenated bottom waters between ~7400 and 5200 cal

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Table 1: Approximate affinity for meromixis periods of increased oxidation occurred (Zr) depends on basin geometry, specifically the around 3600 and 2500 cal BP, suggesting ratio of the maximum depth to surface area, and thus varied in response to lake level fluctuations that the highstands in the lake level recon- though the Holocene; Zr > 2 generally describes a struction of Hubeny et al. (2015) should be meromictic lake. adjusted. Age cal BP Meters Relative To those still wondering it there any (between reflec- below lake depth (Zr) tors:) level (m paleolimnological value to studying the cysts bmll) of freshwater dinoflagellates, hopefully this ~4200 (green - ~12 2.25 multiproxy study combining lakebed sedi- yellow) ments across a partly meromictic lake with ~6700 (maroon - ~9 1.85 green) core studies has illustrate their potential as ~7800 (dark ~15 2.7 long as their record is recognized to be the blue - maroon) product of both the environmental conditions ~11400 (pink - ~20 2.12 impacting the motile plankton in the water red) column and the taphonomic conditions im- BP – an interval strongly dominated by the pacting the cysts on the lakebed. Teasing large, thick-walled cysts of P. wisconsinense apart the taphonomic and ecological signa- and P. willei. This dinocyst assemblage leads tures is allowing us to refine our paleohydro- us to postulate brief periods of oxygenation logic and paleoclimatic reconstructions. around 8500 and 9300 cal BP during the dominantly meromictic early Holocene, pos- References cited sibly due to higher wind stress. Behrensmeyer, A. K., S. A. Kidwell, and The increased productivity associated R. A. Gastaldo. 2000. Taphonomy and with the rapid decline in lake level around paleobiology, p. 103-147. In D. H. Erwin ~5100 cal BP (the mid-Holocene drought and S. L. Wing [eds.], Deep time: paleobiol- evident throughout New England, recorded ogy’s perspective. The Paleontological Soci- by the hemlock “crash”; Webb et al., 1993; ety: Allen Press, Lawrence Kansas. Hubeny et al., 2015) appears to have pro- moted seasonal anoxia resulting from BOD Bell, M.A., M. S. Sadagursky, and J. V. (biochemical oxygen demand; Hargrave, Baumgartner, 1987. Utility of lacustrine de- 1972) through most of the late Holocene, posits for the study of variation within fossil allowing holobenthic testate amoeba to samples. Palaois 2: 455 – 466. thrive for part of the year, but allowing the Burden, E. T., J. H. McAndrews, and G. preservation of high concentrations of oxida- Norris, 1986 Palynology of Indian and Euro- tion-susceptible cysts of dinoflagellates that pean forest clearance and farming in lake thrive in nutrient-rich waters in addition to sediment cores from Awenda Provincial the eutrophic Peridinium willei (McCarthy et Park, Ontario, Canada. Can. J. Earth Sci. 23: al., in prep.). The dinocyst data record brief 43-54.

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Danesh, D. C., F. M.G. McCarthy, O. Resting cysts of freshwater dinoflagellates in Volik, and M. Drljepan, 2013. Non-pollen southeastern Georgian Bay (Lake Huron) as palynomorphs as indicators of water quality proxies of cultural eutrophication. Rev. Pal- in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. Palynolo- aeobot. Palynol.166: 46-62. gy 37: 231-245. McCarthy F. M. G. and Krueger A.M. Drljepan, M., 2014, Algal and protozoan 2013. Freshwater dinoflagellates in paleo- response to natural and environmental limnological studies: Peridinium cysts as change in Sluice Pond, MA through the Hol- proxies of cultural eutrophication in the ocene: MSc thesis, Brock University, Cana- southeastern Great Lakes region of Ontario, da http://dr.libra ry.brocku.ca/ Canada, p. 133-139. In J. M. Lewis, F. Mar- handle/10464/5508 ret, L. Bradley [eds.] Biological and geologi- Drljepan, M., F. M. G McCarthy, and J. cal perspectives of dinoflagellates. London: B. Hubeny. 2014, Natural and cultural eu- The Micropalaeontological Society, Special trophication of Sluice Pond, MA recorded by Publications. Geological Society. algal and protozoan microfossils. Holocene Norris G. and J. H. McAndrews, 1970. 24: 1731 – 1742 Dinoflagellate cysts from post-glacial lake Hargrave, B. T. 1972. Oxidation- muds, Minnesota (U.S.A.). Rev. Palaeobot. reduction potentials, oxygen concentration, Palynol.10: 131–156. and oxygen uptake of profundal sediments in Viner-Mozzini, Y., T. Zohary, and A. a eutrophic lake: Oikos: 23:167-177. Gasith. 2003. Dinoflagellate bloom develop- Hubeny, J. B., F. M. G. McCarthy, J. ment and collapse in Lake Kinneret: a sedi- Lewis, M. Cantwell, M. Drljepan, C. Moris- ment trap study. J.Plankton Res. 25: 591 – sette, J. W. King, & M. L. Crispo. 2015. 602. Holocene stratigraphy, environmental histo- Zippi P., Y. T. Yung,J. H. McAndrews, ry and regional hydroclimate significance of P. Stokes, and G. Norris, 1990. An investiga- Sluice Pond, northeastern MA. tion of the potential of zygnematacean zygo- J.Paleolimnol. 53: 251 – 287. spores, Peridinium, and Pediastrum as paleo- Kidwell, S. M and K. W. Flessa. 1996. indicators of recent lake acidification. In: The quality of the fossil record: populations, Environmental Research & Technology species and communities. Annual Review of Transfer Conference, Toronto, Proceedings, Earth and Planetary Sciences 24: 443 – 464. vol. 1. Ontario Ministry of the Environment, pp 393–396. McCarthy, F. M. G., 2014. Dinoflagel- lates are funky things. Canadian Association Zohary T, A. Nishri, and A. Sukenik, of Palynologists Newsletter 37(2), p. 8-16. 2012. Present–absent: a chronicle of the di- noflagellate Peridinium gatunense from Lake McCarthy, F. M. G., K. N. Mertens, M. Kinneret. Hydrobiologia 698: 161-174. Ellegaard, K. Sherman,V. Pospelova, S. Ri- beiro, S. Blasco, and D. Vercauteren. 2011,

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PALYNFO CAP AGM The first online modern NOVEMBER 2015 organic-walled dinoflagellate The next Annual General Meeting of CAP will be held in conjunction with the Annual cyst determination key Meeting of the Geological Society of Ameri- ca in Baltimore MD, Nov. 1 – 4, 2015. De- tails about time and place will follow by email to the membership and will be posted on our website (I will try to find a location that is relaxed and social but less noisy than the pub in which we met in Vancouver!). I will be in charge of the AASP booth at the GSA meeting and will carve out a little cor- ner for CAP. Below I have listed several sessions of potential interest to our member- ship, including session T190 (recommended by Simon Goring), so I hope to see many of you there.

Cyst of Selenopemphix quanta (scale bar is T146. Palynology 10 µm) T205. Integration of Microfossils and Sedi- The first online modern organic-walled mentology in Stratigraphic Analysis dinoflagellate cyst determination key has T144. 200 Years and Going Strong: The been launched at https://www.marum.de/ Role of Paleontology in Geologic Mapping dinocystkey.html. (Posters) T155. Timing of the Origins and Evolution The website offers information on cyst of Unicellular Eukaryotes morphological characteristics and the cyst- T12. From Peat to Coke: Honoring the Lega- motile stage relationship. It gives a com- cy of William Spackman parison with other morphologically similar T143. What Makes a Juicy Rock? Global taxa and provides cyst descriptions that are Climate Events and Deposition of Organic illustrated by line drawings and high- Rich Shales through Time quality bright-field photomicrographs. The key is compatible with all major compu- T190. Paleoecological Patterns, Ecological ting platforms and it is free of charge to Processes, Modeled Scenarios: Crossing users if cited accordingly: Temporal Scales to Understand an Uncertain Zonneveld, K.F. and Pospelova, V. 2015. Future [GSA Quaternary Geology and Geo- A determination key for modern dinoflag- morphology Division; AASP - The Palyno- ellate cysts. Palynology, 23 pp. http:// logical Society; Canadian Association of Pal- dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2014.99011 ynology; GSA Limnogeology Division; 5. Paleoceanography/Paleoclimatology Disci- pline; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geol- Vera Pospelova, CAP President-elect ogy); Paleontological Society]

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D A Fisher et al. A Warmer and Earlier AGU- GAC- MAC-CGU High Arctic Holocene Thermal Maximum from Agassiz Ice Cap Core, Ellesmere Island JOINT ASSEMBLY/ J Gauthier et al. Environmental DNA pre- RÉUNION CONJOINTE served in lake sediments: Calibrating a new tool for biodiversity science

Notes from Montréal S van Bellen et al., Testate amoeba assem- blages of southern Patagonian peat bogs There were a number of presentations of po- record drastic 20th_century shifts: unprece- tential interest to palynologists at the AGU- dented climate change or increased UV-B GAC- MAC-CGU- JOINT ASSEMBLY/ radiation? RÉUNION CONJOINTE that was held at *M C Peros, J Vachon Recent aforestation of the Palais des congrès de Montréal May 3-7 2015. A great many were in the session con- the Johnville Peat Bog, southern Québec, vened by long-time CAP members Matt Canada, investigated using dendroecologi- Peros and Konrad Gajewski, but others cal and paleoecological techniques could be found in other paleoecological and stratigraphic sessions, including posters. A S Pratte et al., Peat bog as geochemical ar- selection of relevant titles is listed below chives of atmospheric dust deposition in (* denotes a CAP member): eastern Canada: a multi-proxy approach

R Hébert et al. Regional Climate Projections S Timsic et al., Late Holocene climate of using Effective Climate Sensitivities coastal Labrador subseasonal evidence from stable isotope values of tree-rings: P D Roy et al. Hydro-climate of Subtropical North America since Last Glacial Maximum *B F Cumming et al., Time-transgressive and Variations in the Dynamics of Atlantic Two-phased Hypsithermal Warm Period and Pacific Moistures Across the Boreal Region of Northwest On- tario: A Multiproxy Study From Deep-water J P Jenny et al. Paleolimnological evidence and Near-shore Cores of global spread of hypoxia in freshwaters caused by local anthropogenic pressures *K J Gajewski Impact of Holocene Climate Variability on Arctic Vegetation *F M G McCarthy et al. Non-Pollen Palyno- morph Records of Natural (Climate-Driven) N Riddick et al. Using Microfossils to Ob- and Cultural Eutrophication serve the Occupancy of Pre-Historic Peo- ples: the Value of Non-Pollen Palyno- A Winegardner et al. Identifying Regional morphs: Hotspots of Biodiversity Change Over the Past ~150 Years: Beta-diversity of Diatom *E Levac Long Distance Pollen Transport to Assemblages from ~400 US Lakes the Canadian High Arctic as a Tracer for Atmospheric Circulation *J M St-Jacques et al. Low-frequency Varia- bility in the North and South Saskatchewan B Tremblay et al. Using the Paleo-Record to Rivers over the Past Millennium Constrain Future Arctic Climate Change from Global Climate Models

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Graduate Student Opportunities — Opportunités pour les étudiants de cycles supérieurs Early morning, Alwynne setting up her poster at the Joint Assembly in Montreal and hoping that a few people might drop by to see it. Dr. Terri Lacourse is seeking graduate stu-

dents (MSc or PhD) to join her paleoecology C Hillaire-Marcel et al. A few highlights of the late glacial and deglacial history of Baf- lab in the Department of Biology at the Uni- fin Bay and the Labrador Sea versity of Victoria.

S Prader et al. Mid-Miocene Vegetation and Research in her lab typically focuses on Climate Development on the Atlantic Coastal Plain (IODP Expedition 313) the development and dynamics of forest com- munities since the last glaciation and the cli- L Lapointe Elmrabti et al. Paleoenviron- matic and non-climatic factors that mental records from Alaskan Late Pleisto- drive vegetation dynamics on long time- cene yedoma permafrost : A case study from the Itkillik river scales. Potential graduate student research topics also include the past effects of tephra *A B Beaudoin, C N Jass Late Holocene deposition on plant communities, and the Wood and Vertebrates from Gravels Near links between climate, vegetation and carbon Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta accumulation in peatlands. Students are also O T Gibb et al. Diachronous Evolution of encouraged to develop their own research Sea Surface Conditions from the Labrador projects in any aspect of palynology or paleo- Sea to Baffin Bay since the Last Glaciation ecology. Guaranteed funding for research and

*E Levac, M C F Lewis Evidence for Melt- student stipend is available. water Drainage via the St. Lawrence River in Marine Cores from the Gulf of St. Law- Ideal candidates will have a solid background rence, Laurentian Channel and Labrador in palynology, plant ecology and/or Quater- Sea at the Time of the Younger Dryas nary science, and excellent academic stand- *A Price et al. Coastal eutrophication in ing. Interested students are encouraged to Northeast US estuaries: dinoflagellate cysts send a CV, unofficial university transcripts, as bioindicators. Coastal eutrophication and and a brief statement of research interests to biogeography in northeast United States (Maine to Delaware) estuaries as recorded [email protected]. by dinoflagellate cysts.

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awaken to the threat of an ancient enemy. Alternatives Journal 41(2):48-54. *Lacourse, T., and Davies, M.A. 2015. A multi-proxy peat study of Holocene vegeta- tion history, bog development, and carbon accumulation on northern Vancouver Island, Pacific coast of Canada. The Holocene. DOI: 10.1177/0959683615580201 Recent Publications Mertens, K.N., Takano, Y., Gu, H., Yamagu- chi, A., *Pospelova, V., Ellegaard, M., Mat- suoka, K. 2015. The cyst-theca relationship Bringué, M., *Pospelova, V., Field, D.B. of a new dinoflagellate with a spiny round 2014. High resolution dinoflagellate cyst rec- brown cyst, Protoperidinium lewisiae, and ord of decadal variability and 20th century its comparison to the cyst of Oblea acantho- warming in the Santa Barbara Basin, Califor- cysta. Phycological Research 63:110–124. nia. Quaternary Science Reviews 105:86- 101. *Price, A. and *Pospelova, V. 2014. Spinif- erites multisphaerus sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), Corimbourieu-Nebout N, Bertini A, Russo- a new dinoflagellate cyst from the Late Ermolli E, Peyron O, Klotz S, Montage V, Pleistocene in Guaymas Basin, Gulf of Cali- Fauquette S, Allen J, Fusco F, *Goring S, fornia, Mexico. Palynology 38(1):101-116. Huntley B, Joannin S, Lebreton V, Magri D, Orain R, Sadori L. 2015. Climate changes in *Pospelova, V., *Price, A.M., Pedersen, T.F. the central Mediterranean and Italian vegeta- 2015. Palynological evidence for late Qua- tion dynamics since the Pliocene. Review of ternary climate and marine primary produc- Palaeobotany and Palynology 218:127-147. tivity changes along the California margin. Paleoceanography. palo2022. DOI: Czarnecki, J., Dashtgard, S.E., *Pospelova, 10.1002/2014PA002728 V., *Mathewes, R., MacEachern, J.A. 2014. Palynology and geochemistry of channel- Zonneveld, K.F. and *Pospelova, V. 2015. A margin sediments across the tidal-fluvial determination key for modern dinoflagellate transition lower Fraser River, British Colum- cysts. Palynology 1-23. http:// bia, Canada. Marine and Petroleum Geology dx.doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2014.990115. 51:152-166. * denotes a CAP member

*Goring S, Dawson A, Williams JW, Simp- son G, Grimm EC, Dawson R. 2015. neoto- Welcome to new CAP ma: A programmatic interface to the Neoto- ma Paleoecological database. Open Quater- members! nary 1:2. Heikkilä, M., *Pospelova, V., Hochheim, We warmly welcome the following new K.P., Kuzyk, Z.Z.A., Stern, G.A., Macdon- members to CAP: ald, R.W., Barber, D.G. 2014. Surface sedi-  Kristin Michels, University of Wisconsin- ment dinoflagellate cysts from the Hudson Madison Bay system and their relation to freshwater  Jen O'Keefe, Morehead State University and nutrient cycling. Marine Micropaleontol-  Clayton Shearer, Carleton University ogy 106:79-109.  Magdalena Sobol, University of Toronto Kristensen, T., and *Beaudoin, A. 2015  Glenn Stuart, University of Saskatchewan Paleo Disasters: Public policy needs to  Maria Velez, University of Regina

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CAP MEMBERSHIP FORM

Canadian Association of Palynologists / Association Canadienne des Palynologues (CAP) membership is open to all members of the palynological community in Canada and others with an interest in Canadian palynology. The Association is dedicated to the advancement and en- couragement of all aspects of palynology in Canada and the promotion of co-operation between palynologists and those engaged in related fields of study. Membership dues include two issues a year of the CAP Newsletter, to which all members are invited to contribute. CAP is affiliated with the International Federation of Palynological Societies (IFPS) and members receive two issues of the IFPS newsletter (PALYNOS) each year.

CAP membership dues are $10 per year in Canadian or US funds payable at the beginning of the year. Lapsed members are removed from the mailing list after one year, following a reminder Members may, if they wish, pay for up to three years in advance. To join, please fill out the the membership form, by hand or in Adobe Reader®, and send it with a cheque (drawn on a Canadian or US bank) or money order payable to CAP to:

Dr. Mary Vetter, CAP Secretary-Treasurer, Luther College, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2 CANADA

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May we include your name/address/research interests in the on-line "Directory of Palynolo- gists" in the CAP World Wide Web page? Yes No

CAP Newsletter *** Volume 37 Number 1 *** May 2014