The tropical giant clam Hippopus hippopus shell, a new archive of environmental conditions as revealed by sclerochronological and δ18O profiles

Coral Reefs

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 989-998

  Aubert, A ^a   Lazareth, C E ^a   Cabioch, G ^a   Boucher, H ^a   Yamada, T ^b   Iryu, Y ^c   Farman, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Aquarium des Lagons   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

18O; New Caledonia; Sclerochronology; SST; Tridacnidae; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DIAGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELL; UPWELLING;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

BIVALVIA; HIPPOPUS HIPPOPUS; TRIDACNIDAE;

EID: 70350614404     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-009-0538-0     Document Type: Article

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