Biomineralized composites, which are usually composed of microscopic mineral building
blocks organized in 3D intercrystalline organic matrices, have evolved unique structural …

High-resolution environmental proxy data from the extratropical North Atlantic prior to the
instrumental era are of critical importance to decipher processes and mechanisms of global …

We measured annual shell growth rates of a 374-year-old (radiometrically confirmed)
bivalve mollusk specimen of Arctica islandica (Linnaeus). This bivalve represents the oldest …

Accretionary hard parts of many organisms provide excellent archives of past climate and
environmental conditions or life history traits. Variable growth rates function as …

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 …

Although climate system modeling cannot be imagined without long sea surface
temperature (SST) records, observational data is spatiotemporally incomplete and …

The Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios of many biogenic skeletons provide useful paleotemperature
estimates. As yet however, it has remained largely impossible to obtain such information …

We demonstrate here that the growth increment variability in the shell of the long-lived
bivalve mollusc Arctica islandica can be interpreted as an indicator of marine environmental …

Arctica islandica is the longest-living non-colonial animal known at present. It inhabits
coastal waters in the North Atlantic and its annual shell increments are widely used for …

Monitoring bioavailable contaminants and determining baseline conditions in aquatic
environments has become an important aspect of ecology and ecotoxicology. Since the mid …