Non-pollen palynomorphs

Non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) are ‘extra’ microfossils often found in palynology slides. These include remains of organisms within the size range of pollen grains (c. 10–250 µm), resistant to laboratory treatments used for the preparation of palynological samples. NPPs are a large and taxonomically heterogeneous group of remains of organisms living in diverse environments. Taxonomically, they belong to a wide variety of groups such as cyanobacteria, algae, vascular plants, invertebrates and fungi. Since NPPs occur in all kinds of sediments, their analysis is a powerful tool for reconstructing environmental changes over time. Further detailed studies of specific NPP groups and their indicator values will open the way for new fields of study.

Non-pollen palynomorphs Image Database (NPP-ID)

http://non-pollen-palynomorphs.uni-goettingen.de/

Publications

Shumilovskikh L.S., Schlütz F. (2022) Nichtpollen Palynomorphe. In: Stolz C., Miller C.A. (Eds.) Geoarchäologie. Berlin: Springer Spektrum, 303-305 (in German).

Shumilovskikh L.S., Shumilovskikh E.S., Schlütz F., van Geel B. (2022) NPP-ID - Non-Pollen Palynomorphs Image Database as a research and educational platform. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 31, 323-328. DOI: 10.1007/s00334-021-00849-8.

Shumilovskikh L.S., O'Keefe J.M.K., Marret F. (2021) An overview of the taxonomic groups of NPPs. In: Marret F., O’Keefe J., Osterloff P., Pound M., Shumilovskikh L. (eds.) Applications of Non-Pollen Palynomorphs from Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions to Biostratigraphy. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 511, 13-61. DOI: 10.1144/SP511-2020-65.

'Keefe J.M.K., Marret F., Osterloff P., Pound M.J., Shumilovskikh L. (2021) Why a new volume on non-pollen palynomorphs? In: Marret F., O’Keefe J., Osterloff P., Pound M., Shumilovskikh L. (eds) Applications of Non-Pollen Palynomorphs: from Palaeoenvironmental Reconstructions to Biostratigraphy. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 511, 1-11. DOI: 10.1144/SP511-2021-83.

Marret F., O’Keefe J., Osterloff P., Pound M., Shumilovskikh L. (2021) Applications of Non-Pollen Palynomorphs: from Palaeoenvironmental Reconstructions to Biostratigraphy. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 511.

Shumilovskikh L.S., van Geel B. (2020) Non-pollen palynomorphs. In: Henry A.G. (Ed.) Handbook for the Analysis of Micro-Particles in Archaeological Samples. Springer, 65-94.

Shumilovskikh L.S., Schlütz F., Lorenz M., Tomaselli, B. (2019) Non-pollen palynomorphs notes: 3. Phototrophic loricate euglenoids in palaeoecology and the effect of acetolysis on Trachelomonas loricae. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 270, 1-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.06.017.

Shumilovskikh L.S., Ferrer A., Schlütz F. (2017) Non-pollen palynomorphs notes: 2. Holocene record of Megalohypha aqua-dulces, its relation to the fossil form genus Fusiformisporites and association with lignicolous freshwater fungi. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 246, 167-176.

Schlütz F., Shumilovskikh L.S. (2017) Non-pollen palynomorphs notes: 1. Type HdV-368 (Podospora-type), description of associated species, and the first key to related spore types. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 239, 47-54.

Mudie P.J., Marret F., Mertens K.N., Shumilovskikh L., 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. Marine Micropaleontology 134, 1-152. DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.05.004.

Shumilovskikh L.S., Schlütz F., Achterberg I., Kvitkina A., Bauerochse A., Leuschner H.H. (2015) Pollen as nutrient source in Holocene ombrotrophic bogs. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 221, 171-178.

Schlütz F., Shumilovskikh L.S. (2013). On the relation of Potamomyces armatisporus to the fossil form-type Mediaverrunites and its taxonomical and ecological implications. Fungal Ecology 6, 309-315.