Dinoflagellate Cysts Relationship with Sea Surface Water Hydrographic Conditions and their Use as Indicator

Dinoflagellates have different life cycle depend on species diversity. Some dinoflagellates can produce a living form called resting cysts in their life cycle. Resting cysts are important due to their strong cyst wall and long time preservation between sediment layers, and the cysts bring some new populations. The dinoflagellate resting cysts reserve some permenant and useful information. Therefore, recently dinoflagellate cysts have been used as a tool which present sea surface conditions. Aim of this study is to evaluate and review dinoflagellate cysts and their relationship with sea surface condition with past geological ages and recent data