The fate of cold-water corals in a changing world: a geological perspective

D Hebbeln, RC Portilho-Ramos, C Wienberg… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
As “ecosystem engineers,” framework-forming scleractinian cold-water corals (CWC) build
reefs that are unique biodiversity hotspots in the deep sea. Studies using common biological …

Diagenetic effects on uranium isotope fractionation in carbonate sediments from the Bahamas

X Chen, SJ Romaniello, AD Herrmann… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Uranium isotope variations (δ 238 U) recorded in sedimentary carbonate rocks are a
promising new proxy for the extent of oceanic anoxia through geological time. However, the …

Chronology of the Mediterranean sea‐level highstand during the Last Interglacial: a critical review of the U/Th‐dated deposits

F Pasquetti, M Bini, B Giaccio, A Ratti… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Relative sea‐level (RSL) evolution during Marine Isotopic Stage (MIS) 5 in the
Mediterranean basin is still not fully understood despite a plethora of morphological …

Experimental determination of factors controlling U/Ca of aragonite precipitated from seawater: Implications for interpreting coral skeleton

TM DeCarlo, GA Gaetani, M Holcomb… - … et cosmochimica acta, 2015 - Elsevier
The U/Ca ratio of aragonite coral skeleton exhibits coherent patterns of seasonal and
interannual variability. In field-sampled corals and those grown in controlled culture …

A universal multi-trace element calibration for reconstructing sea surface temperatures from long-lived Porites corals: Removing 'vital-effects'

JP D'Olivo, DJ Sinclair, K Rankenburg… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Trace element abundances in corals can potentially provide high-resolution seasonally
resolved constraints on past sea-surface temperatures, much needed to improve our …

[HTML][HTML] Boron isotope systematics of cultured brachiopods: response to acidification, vital effects and implications for palaeo-pH reconstruction

H Jurikova, V Liebetrau, M Gutjahr… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
CO 2-induced ocean acidification and associated decrease of seawater carbonate
saturation state contributed to multiple environmental crises in Earth's history, and currently …

Uranium isotope fractionation induced by aqueous speciation: Implications for U isotopes in marine CaCO3 as a paleoredox proxy

X Chen, SJ Romaniello, AD Anbar - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Natural variations of 238 U/235 U in marine CaCO 3 rocks are being explored as a novel
paleoredox proxy to investigate oceanic anoxia events. Although it is generally assumed …

Effects of elevated pCO2 and feeding on net calcification and energy budget of the Mediterranean cold-water coral Madrepora oculata

C Maier, P Popp, N Sollfrank… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Ocean acidification is a major threat to calcifying marine organisms such as deep-sea cold-
water corals (CWCs), but related knowledge is scarce. The aragonite saturation threshold …

[HTML][HTML] Fundamental questions and applications of sclerochronology: Community-defined research priorities

T Trofimova, SJ Alexandroff, MJ Mette, E Tray… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Horizon scanning is an increasingly common strategy to identify key research needs and
frame future agendas in science. Here, we present the results of the first such exercise for …

A simple role of coral-algal symbiosis in coral calcification based on multiple geochemical tracers

M Inoue, T Nakamura, Y Tanaka, A Suzuki… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Light-enhanced calcification of reef-building corals, which eventually create vast coral reefs,
is well known and based on coral-algal symbiosis. Several controversial hypotheses have …