Reconstructing early 17th century estuarine drought conditions from Jamestown oysters

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 10549-10554

  Harding, Juliana M ^a   Spero, Howard J ^b   Manna, Roger ^a   Herbert, Gregory S ^c   Sliko, Jennifer L ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake bay; Crassostrea virginica; Environmental reconstruction; Oxygen isotope; Scleroarchaeology

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 18;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; ESTUARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; OSTREIDAE; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; VIRGINIA;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 77953806008     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1001052107     Document Type: Article

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