| Chara oospore macrofossil analyses are based on the algal macrophytes' requirement of a minimum water level to colonize shallower areas of the flat lake basin. |
| In the case of the plant macrofossil analyses at Beccles, flots were collected over a single 0.25mm sieve, rather than a stack of sieves of decreasing apertures. |
| If one is interested primarily in the succession and development of peatland plant communities, macrofossil analysis will provide the most detailed information about the plants. |
| A reconstruction of the environment of retting in the city of Turku, Finland, on the basis of diatom, pollen, plant macrofossil and phytolith analyses. |
| As with other types of macrofossil, species determination is often, but not always, possible. |
| Macrofossil analysis will be used to examine climatically induced changes in sand and moss particles. |
