External surface rings, internal growth lines and microgrowth bands in bivalve shells have
been used to estimate age and to investigate the effects of environmental factors such as …

Stable oxygen and carbon isotopic profiles from Recent specimens of Spisula solidissima
and Placopecten magellanicus collected off the Virginia coast are used to calibrate annual …

Most bivalve shells contain macroscopic growth-increment patterns which form with an
annual periodicity. These are best observed in radial shell cross-sections and consist of …

There are significant ambiguities concerning the accuracy of oxygen isotope fractionation
equations commonly used to retrieve aquatic paleotemperatures from the δ18O value of …

The calcitic and aragonitic shell of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis L. contains a record of the
environmental changes experienced during its growth. Stable-isotope analyses of oxygen …

Sclerochronology, the study of periodic increments in skeletal organisms, can decipher the
life history and environmental records preserved in fossil shells. Two powerful tools used in …

We investigate the environmental and biological controls on oxygen isotope ratios in the
shells of modern Pecten maximus bivalves collected alive in the Bay of Brest (France) …

1. North American lacustrine freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) are one of the world's
most imperilled groups of organisms. Knowledge of their age structure and longevity is …

Study of the accretionary biomineralised hardparts of organisms (sclerochronology) can
make a useful contribution to palaeoclimatology. Ontogenetic sequences of isotopic data (δ …

Oxygen and carbon isotopic profiles across the shells of well‐preserved bivalves and
gastropods from the Pliocene Pinecrest Beds near Sarasota, Florida, provide detailed …