Modern pollen distribution in a Connecticut saltmarsh: Implications for studies of sea-level change [An article from: Quaternary Science Reviews]

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Surface sediment samples were collected from a saltmarsh (Menunketesuck River Marsh) in Connecticut, USA, to establish (i) whether patterns exist in the representation of (a) upland; and (b) local (wetland) pollen grains in high intertidal environments; and (ii) to evaluate the significance of saltmarsh pollen assemblages in studies of regional sea-level change. At this site, upland pollen shows a remarkably even representation in the surface sediments of the high marsh zone; neither changes in surface vegetation nor small (