Dinoflagellate cyst production on the southern Namaqua shelf of the Benguela upwelling system

To study dinoflagellate cyst production in the southern Benguela, a sediment trap was deployed for a period of 3.5 years at a single station located downstream of the Cape Columbine upwelling cell on the southern Namaqua shelf. The cyst assemblage of surface sediments below the trap was also investigated. Twenty-nine different cyst types were recorded of which 25 were from the sediment trap, and 2…