Shell midden sclerochronology

CFT Andrus - Quaternary science reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Sclerochronological analysis of shell midden faunal remains offers a unique opportunity to
study climate and environmental change in relation to human activity. Middens exist near …

The curse of physiology—challenges and opportunities in the interpretation of geochemical data from mollusk shells

BR Schöne - Geo-Marine Letters, 2008 - Springer
Physiology corrupts geochemical records of mollusk shells in many ways, eg, by actively
controlling the incorporation of trace elements in the skeleton. However, the effects of …

[BUCH][B] Ecology of marine bivalves: an ecosystem approach

RF Dame, MJ Kenneth - 2011 - library.oapen.org
Bivalves, such as clams and oysters, are species having two-valved shells. In the marine
ecosystem these species play a unique and essential role. This book examines the ecology …

Use of oysters to mitigate eutrophication in coastal waters

ML Kellogg, AR Smyth, MW Luckenbach… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Enhancing populations of suspension feeding bivalves, particularly the eastern oyster,
Crassostrea virginica, has been proposed as a means of mitigating eutrophication in coastal …

Reconstruction of late Bajocian–Bathonian marine palaeoenvironments using carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of calcareous fossils from the Polish Jura Chain …

H Wierzbowski, M Joachimski - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2007 - Elsevier
Oxygen and carbon isotope analyses were carried out on Upper Bajocian–Bathonian
calcitic belemnite rostra and oyster shells as well as aragonitic ammonite, nautiloid and …

[HTML][HTML] Clumped isotope record of salinity variations in the Subboreal Province at the Middle–Late Jurassic transition

H Wierzbowski, D Bajnai, U Wacker, MA Rogov… - Global and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Results of clumped isotope, oxygen isotope and elemental (Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca) analyses of
exceptionally well-preserved belemnite rostra and ammonite shells from the uppermost …

Shell architecture, element composition, and stable isotope signature of the giant deep-sea oyster Neopycnodonte zibrowii sp. n. from the NE Atlantic

M Wisshak, ML Correa, S Gofas, C Salas… - Deep Sea Research …, 2009 - Elsevier
A conspicuous new deep-sea oyster, Neopycnodonte zibrowii sp. n., is described from the
Azores Archipelago, where it thrives in 420 to> 500m water depth in high densities …

A multi-proxy assessment of the impact of environmental instability on Late Holocene (4500-3800 BP) Native American villages of the Georgia coast

CJ Garland, VD Thompson, MC Sanger, KY Smith… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Circular shell rings along the South Atlantic Coast of North America are the remnants of
some of the earliest villages that emerged during the Late Archaic (5000–3000 BP). Many of …

Determining the habitats of mollusk collection at the Sapelo Island shell ring complex, Georgia, USA using oxygen isotope sclerochronology

CFT Andrus, VD Thompson - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Sequential oxygen isotope analysis was performed on Mercenaria spp.(n= 41) and
Crassostrea virginica (n= 17) valves excavated from the Sapelo Island Shell Ring complex …

Unveiling the ecological applications of ancient DNA from mollusk shells

C Der Sarkissian, P Möller, CA Hofman… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The shells of marine mollusks represent promising metagenomic archives of the past,
adding to bones, teeth, hairs, and environmental samples most commonly examined in …