Using ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) shells to reconstruct palaeoenvironment in A-resund, Kattegat and Skagerrak, Sweden

• Published in: International Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Dunca, Elena, Mutvei, Harry, Goransson, Peter, Morth, Carl-Magnus, Schoene, Bernd R., Whitehouse, Martin J., Elfman, Mikael, Baden, Susanne P.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2009
• Subjects: Subatomic Physics; Trace elements; Oxygen isotopes; Shell growth; Arctica islandica; Shell chemistry; Shell structure; Norway; Kattegat; Iceland; Ocean quahog
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1312584; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-008-0348-6

Shells of Arctica islandica collected between 1884 and 2004 from A-resund, Kattegat and Skagerrak (Swedish West Coast) were used to monitor local climate variations and the influence of human activities on the local environment. For this purpose, we analysed the growth, structure and chemical compos...