Fish otoliths in superficial sediments of the Mediterranean Sea
| Autor: | Lorenzo Angeletti, Marco Taviani, Chien-Hsiang Lin, Angela Girone, Dirk Nolf |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
010506 paleontology Taphonomy Pleistocene Biogeography Oceanography Geologic record 01 natural sciences Paleontology Taxonomic composition Mediterranean sea medicine 14. Life underwater Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes Otolith Taxonomy Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Diagenesis medicine.anatomical_structure Geology Recent sea bottom |
| Zdroj: | Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology 471 (2017): 134–143. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.050 info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Lin C.-H.; Taviani M.; Angeletti L.; Girone A.; Nolf D./titolo:Fish otoliths in superficial sediments of the Mediterranean Sea/doi:10.1016%2Fj.palaeo.2016.12.050/rivista:Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology/anno:2017/pagina_da:134/pagina_a:143/intervallo_pagine:134–143/volume:471 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.050 |
| Popis: | Otoliths represent a significant biogenic carbonate component in marine sediments that may provide valuable information for paleoenvironmental and biogeographic reconstructions. In spite of their importance, relatively little is still known about the taxonomic composition, abundance and early taphonomic characteristics of recent otolith death-assemblages, which would add to their value to interpret situations in the geological record. Here we present data on the distribution of fish otoliths from bottom sediments collected in the central Mediterranean Sea ranging in depth from 51 to 3300 m. The preservation of otoliths ranges from fresh semi-translucent (white) specimens to dull-coloured (dark) ones, although whitish specimens are predominant across all the samples. This diversity in lustre and colour and at times texture reflects the degree of early taphonomic processes undergone by these aragonitic bodies post-mortem under submarine conditions, never being exposed to diagenetic processes on-land. In general, a correlation with depth is observed, with best preservation observed in otoliths sampled at depths |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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