Pollen atlas and identification dataset from Santa Catarina, south Brazil

Erika Rodrigues; Marcelo Cancela Lisboa Cohen; Beatriz L Figueiredo; Kam-Biu Liu; Qiang Yao

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108855

Pollen atlas and identification dataset from Santa Catarina, south Brazil

Data Brief. 2022 Dec 25:46:108855. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108855. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Authors

Erika Rodrigues^{1

2}, Marcelo Cancela Lisboa Cohen³, Beatriz L Figueiredo⁴, Kam-Biu Liu¹, Qiang Yao¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences and Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States.
² Institute of Geosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Graduate Program of Geology and Geochemistry, Federal University of Pará, Av. Perimentral 2651, Terra Firme, 66077-530 Belém, PA, Brazil.
⁴ University of São Paulo, CENA/C Laboratory, Av. Centenário 303, 13400-000 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract

Pollen references such as atlas and identification keys are remarkably rare from the Atlantic coasts of south Brazil. This dataset describes modern and fossil pollen from São Francisco do Sul Bay in the state of Santa Catarina, south Brazil. An illustrated and descriptive atlas of pollen was compiled from original and published data to facilitate the identification of various pollen taxa in sediments. We include light micrographs and descriptions of a total of 60 pollen taxa, including 3 mangrove taxa, 27 coastal woodland (restinga) taxa, and 15 rainforest taxa, and 15 herbaceous taxa. This dataset is associated with a published research article by Rodrigues et al. (2022) - Rodrigues, E., Cohen, M.C.L., Pessenda, L.C.R., França, M.C., Magalhães, E. and Yao, Q., 2022. Poleward mangrove expansion in South America coincides with MCA and CWP: A diatom, pollen, and organic geochemistry study. Quaternary Science Reviews, 288, p.107598.

Keywords: Microfossil; Paleoecology; Paleontology; Palynology.