Step in Time: Biomineralisation of Bivalve's Shell

V Louis, L Besseau, F Lartaud - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Biomineralisation process which is the induction of the precipitation of a mineral by an
organism, generates hard tissues such as bones, teeth, otoliths and shells …

Influences of climate change on tropical cyclones: An insight into the Western North Pacific over the past two millennia

Y Han, W Jiang, L Jiang, Y Yong, Y Yue, Y Li… - Global and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the variation of tropical cyclones (TCs) and climate in the Western North
Pacific (WNP) over the past two millennia can help us understand how TCs might change …

An open workflow to gain insights about low‐likelihood high‐impact weather events from initialized predictions

T Kelder, TI Marjoribanks, LJ Slater… - Meteorological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐likelihood weather events can cause dramatic impacts, especially when they are
unprecedented. In 2020, amongst other high‐impact weather events, UK floods caused …

Daily growth rate variation in Tridacna shells as a record of tropical cyclones in the South China Sea: Palaeoecological implications

N Zhao, H Yan, F Luo, Y Yang, S Liu, P Zhou… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tropical cyclones (TC) are one of the most destructive weather phenomena on Earth.
However, the short duration of instrumental weather records mean that little is known of the …

A 23.7-year long daily growth rate record of a modern giant clam shell from South China Sea and its potential in high-resolution paleoclimate reconstruction

N Zhao, H Yan, Y Yang, C Liu, X Ma, G Wang… - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tridacna spp. usually have annual and even daily growth bands, and thus provide great
potential to be the high-resolution recorders of past climate and environmental changes of …

Ultradian rhythms in shell composition of photosymbiotic and non-photosymbiotic mollusks

NJ De Winter, D Killam, L Fröhlich, L De Nooijer… - …, 2023 - bg.copernicus.org
The chemical composition of mollusk shells is a useful tool in (paleo) climatology since it
captures inter-and intra-annual variability in environmental conditions. Trace element and …

Growth responses of mixotrophic giant clams on nearshore turbid coral reefs

K Mills, EH John, DD Muir, N Santodomingo… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Increasing evidence suggests that nearshore turbid coral reefs may mitigate bleaching of
reef building calcifiers and play a critical role in the future of marine biodiversity in coastal …

Ultra-high resolution δ18O of land snail shell: A potential tool to reconstruct frequency and intensity of paleoprecipitation events

J Dong, H Yan, X Zong, G Wang, C Liu, M Xing… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Extreme rainfall events cause tremendous threats to people's lives and economic well-
being. Given the short time span of instrumental records, reconstructing the full range of past …

Mid to late Holocene ENSO variability reconstructed by high-resolution Tridacna Sr/Ca records from the northern part of the South China Sea

P Zhou, H Yan, T Han, C Liu, H Yang, F Luo… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) dominates global interannual climate
variability and has important socio-economic and environmental consequences. However …

Shell mineralogy and chemistry–Arctic bivalves in a global context

A Iglikowska, J Przytarska, E Humphreys-Williams… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study provided new data on shell mineralogy in 23 Arctic bivalve species. The majority
of examined species had purely aragonitic shells. Furthermore, we measured …