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McCarthy, F.G., Mertens, K.N., Ellegaard, M., Sherman, K., Pospelova, V., Ribeiro, S., Blasco, S. and Vercauteren, D. (2011). Resting cysts of freshwater dinoflagellates in southeastern Georgian Bay (Lake Huron) as proxies of cultural eutrophication. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 166, p. 46-62, doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.04.008. PDF


Price, A. and Pospelova, V. (2011). High-resolution sediment trap study of organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst production and biogenic silica flux in Saanich Inlet (BC, Canada). Marine Micropaleontology. 80(1-2), p. 18-43, doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2011.03.003. PDF


Yamaguchi, A., Hoppenrath, M., Pospelova, V., Horiguchi, T. and Leander, B.S. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the marine sand-dwelling dinoflagellate Herdmania litoralis and an emended description of the closely related planktonic genus Archaeperidinium Jörgensen. European Journal of Phycology. 46(2), p. 98-112, doi:10.1080/09670262.2011.564517. PDF


Verleye, T., Pospelova, V., Mertens, K.N. and Louwye, S. (2011). The geographical distribution and (palaeo)ecology of Selenopemphix undulata sp. nov., a new late Quaternary dinoflagellate cyst from the Pacific Ocean. Marine Micropaleontology, 78, p. 65-83, doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.10.001. PDF


Krepakevich, A. and Pospelova, V. (2010) Anthropogenic impact on coastal bays of Southern Vancouver Island (BC, Canada) as reflected in phytoplankton sedimentary records. Continental Shelf Research. 30(18), p. 1924-1940, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2010.09.002 PDF


Pospelova, V., and Kim, S.J. (2010). Dinoflagellate cysts in Recent sediments from the aquaculture sites of southern South Korea. Marine Micropaleontology, 76, p. 37-51, doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.04.003 PDF


Pospelova, V., Esenkulova., S., Johannessen, S.C., O’Brien, M.C. and Macdonald, R.W. (2010). Organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst production, composition and flux from 1996 to 1998 in the central Strait of Georgia (BC, Canada): a sediment trap study. Marine Micropaleontology, 75(1-4), p. 17-37, doi: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.02.003 PDF


Mertens, K.N. Verhoeven, K., Verleye, T., Louwye, S., Amorim, Ana, Ribeiro, S., Deaf, A.S., Harding, I., De Schepper, S., Kodrans-nsiah, M., de Vernal, A., Radi, T., Dybkjaer, K., Poulsen, N.E., Feist-burkhardt, S., Chitolie, J., González Arango, C., Heilmann-clausen, C., Londeix, L., Turon, J.-L., Marret, F., Matthiessen, J., Mccarthy, F., Prasad, V., Pospelova, V., Hughes, J.K., Riding, J.B., Rochon, A., Sangiorgi, F., Marino, G., Welters, N., Sinclair, N., Thun, C., Soliman, A., Van Nieuwenhove, N., Vink, A. Young, M. (2009). Determining the absolute abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments: The Lycopodium marker-grain method put to the test. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 157, p. 238-252, doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.05.004 PDF


Mertens, K.N., Ribeiro, S., Bouimetarhan, I., Caner, H., Combourieu-Nebout, N., Dale, B., de Vernal., A., Ellegaard, M., Filipova, M., Godhe, A., Groeneveld, J., Grosfjeld, K., Holzwarth, U., Kotthoff, U., Leroy, S., Londeix, L., Marret, F., Matsuoka, K., Mudie, P., Naudts, L., Peña-Manjarrez, J.L., Persson, A., Popescu, S., Pospelova, V., Sangiorgi, F., van der Meer, M., Vink, A., Zonneveld, K., Vercauteren, D., Vlassenbroeck, J., and S. Louwye. (2009). Process length variation in cysts of a dinoflagellate, Lingulodinium machaerophorum, in surface sediments investigating its potential as salinity proxy. Marine Micropaleontology, 70(1-2), p. 54-69. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.10.004. PDF


Pospelova, V., de Vernal, A., and Pedersen, T.F. (2008). Distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments from the northeastern Pacific Ocean (43-25°N) in relation to sea-surface temperature, productivity and coastal upwelling. Marine Micropaleontology, 68(1-2), p. 21-48. d10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.01.008. PDF


Radi, T., Pospelova, V., de Vernal, A., and Barrie, J.V. (2007). Dinoflagellate cysts as indicators of water quality and productivity in British Columbia estuarine environments. Marine Micropaleontology, 62, p. 296-297; doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2006.09.002. PDF


Pospelova, V., Pedersen, T.F., and de Vernal, A. (2006). Dinoflagellate cysts as indicators of climatic and oceanographic changes during the past 40 kyr in the Santa Barbara Basin, southern California. Paleoceanography, 21, PA2010, doi:10.1029/2005PA001251,p. 1-16. This paper was selected by the editors of Paleoceanography Journal as an "American Geophysical Union (AGU) Journal Highlight." PDF


It was also acknowledged in the article on it in the Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Ecological Society of America. PDF


Pospelova, V., Chmura, G.L., Boothman, W. and Latimer, J.S. (2005). Spatial distribution of modern dinoflagellate cysts in polluted estuarine sediments from Buzzards Bay (Massachusetts, USA) embayments. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 292, p. 23-40. PDF


Pospelova, V., Chmura, G.L. and Walker, H.A. (2004). Environmental factors influencing spatial distribution of dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in shallow lagoons of southern New England (USA). Review of Paleobotany and Palynology, 128(1-2), p. 7-34. PDF


Chmura, G.L., Santos, A., Pospelova, V., Spasojevic, Z., Lam, R., and Latimer, J.S. (2004). Response of three paleo-primary production proxy measures to watershed forest clearance, urbanization and industrialization of an urban estuary. The Science of the Total Environment, 320(2-3), p. 225-243. PDF


Pospelova, V. 2003. Dinoflagellate cyst assemblages and environmental factors controlling their distribution in New England estuaries. Ph.D. Thesis. McGill University, 38(3), Montreal, QC, Canada. 159 pp.


Latimer, J.S., Boothman, B.S., Pesch, C., Chmura, G.L., Pospelova, V., and Jayaraman, J. 2003. Environmental stress and recovery: the geochemical record of human disturbance in New Bedford Harbor and Apponagansett Bay, Massachusetts (USA). The Science of the Total Environment, 313, p. 153-176. PDF


Pospelova, V., Chmura, G.L. Boothman, W.S., and Latimer, J.S. 2002. Dinoflagellate cyst records and human disturbance in two neighboring estuaries, New Bedford Harbor and Apponagansett Bay, Massachusetts (USA). The Science of the Total Environment, 298(1-3), p. 81-102. PDF


Pospelova, V. and Head, M.J. 2002. Islandinium brevispinosum sp. nov. (Dinoflagellata), a new organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst from modern estuarine sediments of New England (USA). Journal of Phycology, 38(3), p. 593-601. PDF


de Vernal, A., Henry, M., Matthiessen, J., Mudie, P.J., Rochon, A., Boessenkool, K., Eynaud, F., Gr?sfjeld, K., Guiot, J., Hamel, D., Harland, R., Head, M.J., Kunz-Pirrung, M., Levac, E., Loucheur, V., Peyron, O., Pospelova, V., Radi, T., Turon, J.-L.,Voronina,L. 2001. Dinocyst assemblages as tracer of sea-surface conditions in the northern North Atlantic, Arctic and sub-Arctic seas: the "n = 677" data base and derived transfer functions. Journal of Quaternary Science, 16(7), p. 681-689. PDF


Pospelova, V., Chmura, G.L. and Latimer, J.S. 2000. Dinoflagellate cysts and environmental change induced by human activity in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts (USA). Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Application of Micro- and Meioorganisms to Environmental Problems, Winnipeg, p. 102-104.

Heikkilä, M., Stern, G.A., Macdonald, R.W. and Pospelova, V. 2010. Modern and past dinoflagellate cysts in Hudson Bay – study directions. The 7th ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2010), Ottawa, Canada.


Verleye, T.J., Pospelova, V., Mertens K.N. and Louwye, S. 2010. The spatial distribution and (palaeo)ecology of a new late Quaternary dinoflagellate cyst from the Pacific Ocean: Selenopemphix undulata. Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting, Ghent, Belgium.


Pospelova, V., Mertens, K. and Pedersen, T.F. 2010. Holocene dinoflagellate cyst record of climate and primary productivity change in the Santa Barbara Basin, southern California. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (AASP) annual meeting. Halifax, Canada.


McCarthy, F.G., Mertens, K.N., Hubeny, J.B., Zanatta, R., Lewis, J., Ellegaard, M., Pospelova, V., Ribeiro, S. and Vercauteren, D. 2010. Freshwater dinocysts as paleolomnological proxies: case studies from Honey Harbour, Ontario and Sluice Pond, Massachusetts. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (AASP) annual meeting. Halifax, Canada.


Pospelova, V., Price, A., Mertens, K., Chang, A.S. and Patterson, R. T. 2010. British Columbian fjords, sediment traps, Operculodinium centrocarpum and a few other questions. International Workshop on (Palaeo-)ecology of cyst forming dinoflagellates. Bremen, Germany.


Price, A. and Pospelova, V. 2010. A high-resolution sediment trap study of organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst production and biogenic silica flux in Saanich Inlet (BC, Canada). International Workshop on (Palaeo-)ecology of cyst forming dinoflagellates. Bremen, Germany.


Mertens, K., Price, A., Pospelova, V., Marret, F. and Ellegaard, M. 2010. Further testing of the Lycopodium method to determine absolute abundances of dinoflagellate cysts with a focus on the sodiumpolytungstate method. International Workshop on (Palaeo-)ecology of cyst forming dinoflagellates. Bremen, Germany.


Pospelova, V. and Krepakevich, A. 2010. Tracing the influence of sewage discharge on coastal bays of Southern Vancouver Island (BC, Canada): sedimentary records of phytoplankton. The Capital Regional District (CRD) Marine Monitoring Advisory Group meeting, Victoria, Canada. Invited Talk.


Pospelova, V. 2009. Late Quaternary Climate and Marine Productivity Changes Along the California Margin. The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. Invited Talk.


Pospelova, V. 2009. Geochemical and palynological proxies of environmental changes in estuarine and coastal waters. The Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada. Invited Talk.


Pospelova, V. and Kim, S.G. 2009. Dinoflagellate cysts in recent estuarine sediments from the southern South Korea. The 20th Biennial Conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, Portland, OR, USA.


Krepakevich, A. and Pospelova, V. 2009. Dinoflagellate cysts as indicators of the sewage impact on coastal waters in the Greater Victoria region of Southern Vancouver Island (BC, Canada). The 3rd Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) Open Science Meeting. Victoria, Canada.


Radi, T., Head, M.J., Pospelova, V., Marret, F., de Vernal, A., Limoges, A., Kielt, J.-F. 2009. Dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments from the Northeast Pacific: ecological affinities and taxonomic considerations. International Workshop on Pacific Dinoflagellate Cysts, Victoria, Canada.


Pospelova, V. and Kim, S.G. 2009. Dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in modern estuarine sediments from aquaculture areas of the southern South Korea. International Workshop on Pacific Dinoflagellate Cysts, Victoria, Canada.


Krepakevich, A. and Pospelova, V. 2009. Anthropogenic impact on coastal bays of Southern Vancouver Island (BC, Canada) reflected in phytoplankton sedimentary records. International Workshop on Pacific Dinoflagellate Cysts, Victoria, Canada.


Esenkulova, S. and Pospelova, V. 2009. Organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts from sediment trap deployed in the central Strait of Georgia (BC, Canada). International Workshop on Pacific Dinoflagellate Cysts, Victoria, Canada.


Pospelova, V. and Pedersen, T.F. 2009. Late Quaternary Climate and Marine Productivity Changes along the California Margin. Canadian Quaternary Association (CANQUA) Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.


Krepakevich, A. and Pospelova, V. 2009. The impact of Sewage discharge on coastal bays of Southern Vancouver Island (BC, CANADA) reflected in phytoplankton sedimentary records. Canadian Quaternary Association (CANQUA) Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.


Esenkulova, S. and Pospelova, V. 2009. Dinoflagellate cyst production in the central Strait of Georgia (BC, Canada) in response to 1997-98 El-Nino event. Canadian Quaternary Association (CANQUA) Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.


Pospelova, V. 2009. Late Quaternary Climate and Marine Productivity Changes in costal Pacific. The Institute of Oil and Gas Geology, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia. Invited Talk.


Esenkulova, S. and Pospelova, V. 2009. Sediment trap study of dinoflagellate cyst production in the central Strait of Georgia, Canada. The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Meeting, Nice, France.


Pospelova, V. and Pedersen, T.F. 2008. Evidence for Late Quaternary Climate and Marine productivity changes along the California Margin. The 8th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, Montreal, Canada.


Krepakevich, A. and Pospelova, V. 2008. Impact of Sewage discharge on dinoflagellate cyst production in coastal bays of Southern Vancouver Island (BC, CANADA). The 8th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, Montreal, Canada.


Pendea I.F., Pospelova, V. and Chmura, GL. 2008. Near-shore dinoflagellate cysts assemblages of the late Tyrrell Sea phase at Old Factory Lake, eastern James Bay, Quebec. The 8th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, Montreal, Canada.


Mertens, K. and 36 others, including Pospelova, V. 2008. The absolute abundance calibration project: the Lycopodium marker-grain method put to the test. The 8th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, Montreal, Canada.


Pospelova, V. and Pedersen, T.F. 2007. Palynological Evidence for Late Quaternary Climate and Marine productivity changes along the California Margin. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA.


Pospelova, V. 2007. Marine Palynology and its Applications. Invited Lecture. Victoria Palaeontology Society (VicPS).


Pospelova, V. 2007. V. Marine Palynology and its Applications. Vancouver Palaeontology Society (VPS).


Pendea I.F., Costopoulos, A.,Pospelova, V. And Chmura, GL. 2007. Paleoecological reconstruction of the late Tyrrell Sea phase at Old Factory Lake, Eastern James Bay, Québec. The 2007 Canadian Quaternary Association (CANQUA) Congress, Ottawa, Canada.


Pospelova, V. and Pedersen, T.F. 2006. Dinoflagellate cyst evidence for Late Quaternary climate


Pospelova, V. and Pedersen, T.F. 2006. Dinoflagellate cyst evidence for Late Quaternary climate and marine productivity changes along the California Margin. International workshop on dinoflagellates and their cysts: their ecology and databases for palaeoenvitonmental reconstructions. Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2006.


Pospelova, V. 2006. Distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments from the coastal northeastern Pacific (43-25N) in relation to sea-surface conditions and upwelling. ASLO, Victoria, Canada.


Pospelova, V., and Pedersen, T.F. 2006. High-resolution dinoflagellate cyst records along the California Margin: reconstructing climate and marine productivity in the Late Quaternary. The Annual Joint Meeting of the Geological Association of Canada and the Mineralogical Association of Canada (GAC-MAC), Montreal, Canada.


Pospelova, V., and Pedersen, T.F. 2006. Dinoflagellate cysts as proxies for reconstruction of (paleo)productivity and sea-surface temperature in the northeastern Pacific. The North Pacific Climate Workshop. Sidney, Canada.


Pospelova, V., 2006. Dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments across the northeast Pacific continental shelf in relation to sea-surface temperature, salinity, productivity, and coastal upwelling. International workshop on taxonomy of modern dinoflagellates in the Pacific. Nagasaki, Japan.


Pospelova, V., 2005. Dinoflagellate cysts as indicators of water quality conditions in Pacific Northwest estuaries. The 18th International Conference, Estuarine Research Federation, Norfolk, VA, USA.


Pospelova, V., de Vernal, A. and Pedersen, T.F. 2005. Distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments from the northeastern Pacific (43-25N) in relation to sea-surface conditions and upwelling. Workshop on Dinoflagellates and their cysts: their ecology and databases for palaeoceanographic reconstructions. Liverpool, UK.


Radi, T.,Pospelova, V., and de Vernal, A. Dinoflagellate cysts as indicators of water quality in coastal environments of southern Vancouver Island. 2005. Workshop on Dinoflagellates and their Cysts: Their Ecology and Databases for Palaeoceanographic Reconstructions. Liverpool, UK.


Pospelova, V., Chmura, G.L., Boothman, W. and Latimer, J.S. 2003. Dinoflagellate cyst assemblages and environmental factors controlling their distribution in Buzzards Bay (USA). The 7th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, Nagasaki, Japan.


Pospelova, V. and Chmura, G.L. 2003. Implications of inlet alterations of New England back-barrier lagoons on dinoflagellate population: Evidence from dinoflagellate cysts. The 17th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, Seattle, WA, USA.


Pospelova, V., Chmura, G.L. and Latimer, J.S. 2003. Dinoflagellate cysts as indicators of human impact on estuaries. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Victoria, Canada.


Pospelova, V., 2002. Dinoflagellate cysts as indicators of present and past environmental conditions in New England estuaries. Pacific Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada, Sidney Pacific Division.


Pospelova, V., Chmura, G.L., Boothman, W. and Latimer, J.S. 2002. Distribution of modern dinoflagellate cysts in Buzzards Bay (MA) reflects urban and suburban nutrient inputs. Annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, CO, USA.


Chmura, G.L, Santos, A., Pospelova, V., Spasojevic, Z. and Latimer, J.S. 2002. From watershed clearance to industrialization - the sediment record of estuarine paleoproductivity. Annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, CO, USA.


Pospelova, V. and Chmura, G.L. 2001. Modern Dinoflagellate Cysts in Estuarine Systems of New England (USA). Annual meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, San Antonio, Texas, USA, p. 38-39.


Pospelova, V., Chmura, G.L., Boothman, W. and Latimer, J.S. 2001. Spatial distribution of modern dinoflagellate cysts along environmental gradients in Buzzards Bay embayments (Massachusetts). The16^th International Conference, Estuarine Research Federation, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.


Latimer, J.S., Chmura, G.L., Pospelova, V., Spasojevic, Z., Boothman, W.S. and Pesch, C. 2001. A case study of the reference condition approach to nitrogen management in estuaries. The^th International Conference, Estuarine Research Federation, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.


Chmura, G.L., Santos, A., Pospelova, V., Spasojevic, Z. and Latimer, J.S. 2001. Estuarine paleoproductivity: a comparison of three indicators. The^th International Conference, Estuarine Research Federation, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.


Pospelova, V., Chmura, G.L., Boothman, W.S. and Latimer, J.S. 2001. How do dinoflagellate cysts reflect pollution gradients in Massachusetts (USA) estuaries? Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.


Chmura, G. L., Pospelova, V., Spasojevic, Z. and Latimer, J.S. 2001. Paleoecology of a Severely Polluted Harbor. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.


Boothman, W. S., Pesch, C., Latimer, J.S., Chmura, G.L., Pospelova, V. and Spasojevic, Z. 2001. Historical reconstruction of contaminant and ecological conditions in an urban harbor (New Bedford Harbor, MA, USA). Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.


Chmura, G. L., Pospelova, V. and Spasojevic, Z. 2001. Contributions to the New Bedford Harbor study by Paleo-Estuarine Environment Laboratory, McGill Department of Geography. Workshop on New Bedford Harbor Paleoecological Study. AED, EPA USA.


Pospelova, V., Chmura, G.L. and Latimer, J.S. 2000. Dinoflagellate cyst records and human disturbance in New Bedford Harbor and Apponagansett Bay estuaries, Massachusetts (USA). New England Estuarine Research Society meeting, Rhode Island, USA.


Pospelova, V. 2000. A dinoflagellate cyst record and human activity in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts (USA); the 10th Annual C2GCR Student Day, P. Smith and N. Roulet (eds.). Report No.2000.


Pospelova, V. and Chmura, G.L. 1999. Variability of dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in estuaries of Rhode Island, USA. Poster. The 15th International Conference, Estuarine Research Federation, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. p. 81.


Pospelova, V. and Chmura, G.L. 1999. Heterogeneity of dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in coastal lagoons of Rhode Island, USA; the 9^th Annual C²GCR Student Day, P. Smith and N. Roulet (eds.). Report N. 99.


Pospelova, V. and Chmura, G.L. 1998. Modern Distribution of Dinoflagellate Cysts in Estuarine Systems of Southern New England, U.S.A. Poster. Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Vitenskapsmuseet, Rapport Botanisk Serie 1998-1, p. 122-123. Poster.


Pospelova, V. 1998. Are oceanic models of dinoflagellate cyst distribution applicable to estuaries? The 8^th Annual C²GCR Student Day, P. Smith and N. Roulet (eds.). Report N. 98-3.

Pospelova, V. and Pedersen, T.F. 2006. Dinoflagellate cyst evidence for Late Quaternary climate and marine productivity changes along the California Margin. The International workshop on dinoflagellates and their cysts: their ecology and databases for palaeoenvitonmental reconstructions. Published report by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), N.E. Poulsen (ed). Copenhagen, Denmark, p. 26-27.


Pospelova, V. and Chmura, G.L. 1998. Data Report on the Analysis of Pollen/Dinoflagellate Cysts in New Bedford Harbor (NBH) Sediments. Technical report 1, submitted to the EPA USA.


Pospelova, V. and Chmura, G.L. 1999. Analysis of Dinoflagellate Cysts Assemblages in Surface Sediments from New Bedford Harbor and Apponagansett River Estuary, Massachusetts. Technical report 2, submitted to the EPA USA.


Pospelova, V. and Chmura, G.L. 2000. Dinoflagellate cysts and environmental change induced by human activity in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts (USA). Core NBH5C 061098, Technical report 3, submitted to the EPA USA.

Nikitenko, B.L., Shurygin, B.N. and Pospelova, V. 1998. Foraminifers, macrobenthos and dinocysts in the Jurassic catenas of Siberian paleoseas; Proceedings of the 5^th International Symposium on the Jurassic System.


Nikitenko, B.L., Shurygin, B.N. and Pospelova, V. 1998. Lateral distribution of foraminifers, macrobenthos and dinocysts in Pleinsbachian-Toarcian catenas of Siberian paleoseas, Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Paleontologia, v. 9.


Pospelova, V. 1996. Microphitofossils from Low and Middle Jurassic deposits in the Anabar region, Proceedings of the Russian Palynological Conference, Moscow.


Pospelova, V. 1996. Subdivision and correlation of the marine Pliensbachian and Toarcian sediments in the Anabar region on palynological evidence (Northern Siberia), the IX International Palynological Conference, Houston.


Nikitenko, B.L. and Pospelova, V. 1996. Microbiota (benthos and phytoplankton) and biofacies in Early and Middle Jurassic seas on North Siberia in Geodynamics and evolution of the Earth, Russian Foundation for Fundamental Science Conference, Novosibirsk, pp. 177-180.


Pospelova, V. 1996. Subdivision and correlation of the Lower Jurassic and Aallenian sediments in the Anabar region (N. Siberia), V.N. Saks Memorial symposium, Novosibirsk.


Pospelova, V. 1995. Subdivision and correlation of the Pliensbachian and Toarcian sediments in Anabar region on palynological evidence (Northern Siberia), p.30-38, in: Lebedeva, N.K. and Nikitenko, B.L. (eds.) in Geology and Geochemistry of Siberian sediments, Novosibirsk.


Pospelova, V. 1989. Palynological characteristics of Upper Pliensbachian and Toarcian sediments from outcrops at the West Coast of Anabar Bay, XXVII Russian Student Conference, Novosibirsk.

International Workshop on Morphology, Taxonomy, Distribution, and Ecology of Late Quaternary Dinoflagellate Cysts. Victoria, Canada, May 2009. Chair & organizer.


Taxonomy of Quaternary and Neogene dinoflagellate cysts. 2008. The 8th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, Montréal, Canada.


The culture of dinoflagellates. 2008. The 8th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, Montréal, Canada.


Quantitative treatments and paleoceanographical reconstructions from dinocyst assemblages. 2008. The 8th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates, Montréal.


Line P Workshop. 2008. Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, Canada.


Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) - Canada, Workshop, Montreal, February 2007.


International workshop on dinoflagellates and their cysts: their ecology and databases for palaeoenvitonmental reconstructions. Copenhagen, Denmark, November 2006.


International workshop on taxonomy of modern dinoflagellates in the Pacific. Nagasaki, Japan, December 2005.


Workshop on Dinoflagellates and their Cysts: Their Ecology and Databases for Palaeoceanographic Reconstructions. Liverpool, UK, September 2005.


Workshop on taxonomy of dinoflagellate cysts from recent sediments of the eastern North Pacific. GEOTOP, Montreal, September 2004.


Workshop on taxonomy of harmful dinoflagellates (including sampling of plankton and sediments in Omura Bay). Japan, September 2003.


Workshop on middle latitude dinoflagellates and their cysts. Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO), April - May 2002.


Workshop on New Bedford Harbor Paleoecological Study. Atlantic Ecological Division, EPA USA, January 2001.


Coring technique. 15th International Conference of Estuarine Research Federation, Sept. 1998.


Workshop on Arctic dinoflagellate cysts. GEOTOP, Université de Québec à Montréal, March 1999.