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 …

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 …

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in
virtually all habitats. Some are commercially important, a few are pests and some carry …

Zooarchaeology is a detailed reference manual for students and professional archaeologists
interested in identifying and analysing animal remains from archaeological sites. Drawing …

Taphonomy established itself in paleontology primarily as a subdiscipline of paleoecology,
but it has evolved into a much broader study of the ways in which preservation affects the …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses those methodological and theoretical problems
that are of greatest concern to shell midden archaeologists. Archaeologists dealing with …

Revised and updated, it reflects the recent developments and changing emphasis in the
field of paleoecology. While the basic organization remains the same as the original edition …

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 …

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 …

People who pick up the mollusc shells tossed onto a beach by a breaking wave or left
behind on a mud flat by an ebbing tide are often impressed by the beauty and design of …