Freshwater is an essential resource for human life; however, its future availability is of
ongoing concern due to the impacts of climate change, industry, and population pressures …

Several global and regional factors contribute to observed sea-level change along any
particular coast. Global processes include changes in ocean mass (glacio-eustasy from ice …

Stable isotopes have been extensively used to trace element cycles and their incorporation
into food webs. This chapter provides a brief introduction to the principles of using stable …

High-technology metals—such as the rare earth elements (REE)—have become emerging
contaminants in the hydrosphere, yet little is known about their bioavailability. The Rhine …

The influence of salinity and water chemistry on Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, and Ba/Ca ratios in the
aragonitic shells of the Manila clam was investigated. Clams were reared at constant …

Bathymodiolus mussels of the Mytilidae family live in ecological niches at marine vent sites
where hydrothermal fluids discharge at the seafloor and mix with ambient seawater. We …

The shells of marine mollusks are widely used archives of past climate and ocean chemistry.
Whilst the measurement of mollusk δ 18 O to develop records of past climate change is a …

Evaluating the effects of diagenesis on the isotopic compositions of Sr, O, and C in marine
carbonates is critical to their use as proxies in reconstructing information on the salinity …

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 …

High-resolution δ18O and Sr/Ca ratio profiles of a modern (live-caught) and a fossil (dead-
collected) giant bivalve shell (Tridacna gigas) from northern South China Sea were …