Rare earth elements as new biogeochemical proxies in deep-sea mussels

JA Barrat, G Bayon, RS Carney, L Chauvaud - Chemical Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
We report on the abundances of REE in a comprehensive suite of shells of deep-sea
chemosynthetic mussels from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Except for mussel shells …

Examination of Bathymodiolus childressi nutritional sources, isotopic niches, and food-web linkages at two seeps in the US Atlantic margin using stable isotope …

AWJ Demopoulos, JP McClain-Counts… - Deep Sea Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chemosynthetic environments support distinct benthic communities capable of utilizing
reduced chemical compounds for nutrition. Hundreds of methane seeps have been …

Mg/Ca, Ba/Ca, and S/Ca ratios as environmental and growth proxies for bivalve shells from the Haima cold seep, South China Sea

J Cao, S Yang, D Tang, J Feng, J Liang - Journal of Oceanology and …, 2023 - Springer
Bivalve shell fossils, cemented by authigenic carbonates, are widely spread in the Haima
cold seep, Qiongdongnan Basin of the South China Sea (SCS). In this study, we examined …

STABLE ISOTOPE SIGNATURES OF AN ACANTHOCEPHALAN AND TREMATODE FROM THE HERBIVOROUS MARINE FISH KYPHOSUS BIGIBBUS …

DC Huston, TH Cribb… - The Journal of …, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
Stable isotope analyses of carbon and nitrogen (δ13C and δ15N) are useful for elucidating
consumer relationships of free-living organisms, as carbon isotopes indicate dietary carbon …