Age and growth of Astarte borealis (Bivalvia) from the southwestern Baltic Sea using secondary ion mass spectrometry

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  • Moss, D.K.
    • Other Affiliation: Sam Houston State University
  • Surge, D.
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences
  • Zettler, M.L.
    • Other Affiliation: Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research
  • Orland, I.J.
    • Other Affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Burnette, A.
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences
  • Fancher, A.
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences
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  • Traditional isotope sclerochronology employing isotope ratio mass spectrometry has been used for decades to determine the periodicity of growth increment formation in marine organisms with accretionary growth. Despite its well-demonstrated capabilities, it is not without limitation. The most significant of these being the volume of carbonate powder required for analysis with conventional drill-sampling techniques, which limit sampling to early in ontogeny when growth is fast or to species that reach relatively large sizes. In species like Astarte borealis (Schumacher, 1817), a common component of Arctic boreal seas, traditional methods of increment analysis are difficult, because the species is typically long-lived, slow growing, and forms extremely narrowly spaced growth increments. Here, we use Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) to analyze δ18O in 10-μm-diameter spots and resolve the seasonal timing of growth increment formation in Astarte borealis in the southeastern Baltic Sea. In the individaul sampled here, dark growth increments can form in either the fall, winter, or spring. Furthermore, growth increment data from two populations (RFP3S = 54.7967° N, 12.38787° E; WA = 54.86775° N, 14.09832° E) indicate that in the Baltic Sea, A. borealis is moderately long-lived (at least 43 years) and slow growing (von Bertalanffy k values 0.08 and 0.06). Our results demonstrate the potential of A. borealis to be a recorder of Baltic Sea seasonality over the past century using both live- and dead-collected shells, and also the ability of SIMS analysis to broaden the spectrum of bivalves used in sclerocrhonological work.
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  • Marine Biology
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  • 168
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  • 8
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  • English
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  • 0025-3162

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