Expanding the horizons of sclerochronology: New perspectives for life history and environmental monitoring

Excited to share our new special issue featuring cutting edge #sclerochronology research from the 6th ISC and beyond— uncovering insights into life history traits and environmental patterns in #aquaticecosystems.

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Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

A key to seasonal shellfish exploitation: Elemental mapping of Mg/Ca ratios in Lutruwita (Tasmania) Cellana limpets The littoral environment has considerable influence on life history traits and patterns of growth in marine molluscs due to changes in water temperatu…

Happy to share our new publication which shows the potential of LIBS Mg/Ca mapping to characterise seasonal shellfish foraging practices from Tasmanian limpet shells. 🐚 Led by @fleurking.bsky.social #archsci #sclerochronology @niklashausmann.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Join me for my oral presentation at EGU'25 on April 29th at 16:30 in Room 2.93!

#Egu25 #palaeoclimate #Bartonian #MECO #Eocene #sclerochronology #globalwarming #CO2 #tropical #india #kutch #oyster

Huge congratulations to Bohao Dong for pressing the submit button on his PhD today!! 🎉🎉🎉 #ProudSupervisor #sclerochronology #GiantClams #unimelb @laura-m-otter.bsky.social @seanulm.bsky.social

Oysters, key ecosystem engineers and important food sources, have often been overlooked in sclerochronology studies despite their potential as environmental and life history archives. DOI: 10.1002/lol2.10461 HAL: hal–04968493 #Oysters #Sclerochronology #PalaeoenvironmentalStudies 🌊🦪

The effectiveness of oxygen isotopes in Spinosaurus tooth dentine for high-resolution palaeoenvironmental reconstructions Oxygen isotope compositions in tooth dentine of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus were investigated as a potential proxy for high-resolution reconstructions of …

New paper alert! One for the Dinosaur lovers 🦖🦷

Very happy to share my PhD student @zuorui_liu (Carl)'s cool study on high-resolution past environmental reconstructions from Spinosaurus tooth oxygen isotopes
#ProudSupervisor #Sclerochronology

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🌳 Much like tree rings, Arctica islandica forms annual bands in its shell. The growth patterns of these annual bands provide invaluable information about the animal's life history, and also the environment it lived in.
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#dendrochronology #sclerochronology

Most animals have their own version of tree rings – here’s how we biologists use them to help species thrive From whale earwax to bird feathers, almost all organisms keep a record of their existence.

#ThingsWithRings! Read this new @uk.theconversation.com article about some of the surprising biological archives out there, and what we can use them for... theconversation.com/most-animals...

#otoliths #archaeology, #forensics #fish #sclerochronology #biochronology @universityofessex.bsky.social

Molluscan isotope sclerochronology in marine palaeoclimatology: Taxa, technique and timespan issues Study of the accretionary biomineralised hardparts of organisms (sclerochronology) can make a useful contribution to palaeoclimatology. Ontogenetic se…

No better way to start the new #research year than with a new paper! Enjoy our review on #isotope #sclerochronology on #molluscs led by Andy Johnson! 🥳🍾
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Sclerochronology and oxygen isotope variations in modern Conomurex luhuanus shells: An archive for reconstructing palaeotemperature and shellfish gathering on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia The marine gastropod Conomurex luhuanus is a common component of Holocene archaeological shell deposits in the Western Indo-Pacific region. Oxygen iso…

I am very happy to share my PhD student @mahsaalidoost.bsky.social’s first PhD publication! 🐚🐚🎉🎉

Great Barrier Reef Conomurex shells as SST and seasonal foraging archives

#sclerochronology #unimelb
#ProudSupervisor
@seanulm.bsky.social @ciehf.bsky.social

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Had a fantastic time presenting at #AAA47 yesterday alongside Nick!
Thank you to everyone who came and had a chat afterwards! Great to see others interested in the potential of freshwater mussels to understand past human-mussel-environment relationships using #sclerochronology & #TEK 🐚

Wonderful joint presentation today at #AAA47 by #unimelb PhD researcher @osteo-clo.bsky.social and First People of the Millewa Mallee River Ranger Nick Harradine on people-mussel-environment relationships weaving #sclerochronology & #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledges

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Proud to have a (small) part in this study on #Eocene #sclerochronology profiles and how they can be interpreted to reconstruct #paleo #seasonality and #ecology in this past warm #climate period.
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Sclerochronology lecture.

I spent part of my Thanksgiving week at a paleontology lecture where I learned a new word, #sclerochronology

Two things I learned:

1. I have a lot of fossils these researchers can use.

2. Conclusion after years of work ->
Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.

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Schematic diagram showing branches of the aquatic tree of life with biomineralised tissues that could be exploited for their chemical life history information

New paper from @louisehosking.bsky.social @zoedoubleday.bsky.social et al reviewing the wealth of chemical information in less-frequently analysed biomineralized tissues from aquatic taxa. If you're bored of otoliths, bivalves, and corals... tinyurl.com/v8p8nxk4. #sclerochronology #marinelife
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Let me know if you are working with #otoliths or any archival structure and I will add you to the list! #FishSci #TeamFish #coral #fish #otolith #isotopes #microchemistry #sclerochronology #biochronologies #biomineral #shell #statolith #eyelens
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