Advances in giant clam (Tridacnidae spp.) sclerochronology and sclerochemistry

B Dong, R Kumar, K Shirai, RN Drysdale… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding past environmental change through high-resolution palaeoenvironmental
proxy reconstructions provides crucial baselines for understanding global environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating high-resolution Sr/Ca and ultrastructural analyses of the Tridacna squamosa shell to reconstruct sub-daily seawater temperature variation

C Brosset, C Liu, H Yang, H Yan, BR Schöne - Palaeogeography …, 2025 - Elsevier
Modern and fossil bivalves record environmental variability in their shells in the form of
chemical and ultrastructural properties as well as changes in growth rate. These proxy data …

Seasonal to interannual variations of daily growth rate of a Tridacna shell from Palau Island, western Pacific, and paleoclimatic implications

H Wen, H Yan, C Liu, N Zhao, S Liu, J Dodson… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Seasonal-interannual climate change is an important component of Earth's climate system
and has a significant impact on ecosystems and social systems. However, the short-run of …

Giant clams modify crystallographic and geochemical pathways of shell formation in response to turbidity

K Mills, S Sosdian, D Muir, E John, S Nadia, K Johnson… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Marine calcifying organisms on coral reefs are under threat from a range of anthropogenic
stressors. Understanding their biomineralization pathways in different reef environments is …

Coupling shell growth and geochemistry in giant clams to explore biomineralization pathways

K Marshall-Mills - 2024 - orca.cardiff.ac.uk
Coral reefs are highly vulnerable to a multitude of global to local stressors associated with
human activity and are declining at an alarming rate. In recent years, nearshore turbid coral …