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The coralline red alga Lithophyllum kotschyanum f. affine as proxy of climate variability in the Yemen coast, Gulf of Aden (NW Indian Ocean)

2014

Abstract Recent investigations have shown the potential of red coralline algae as paleoclimatic archive. A previously unexplored subfamily of coralline algae, the Lithophylloideae, was investigated from the Gulf of Aden (Balhaf, Yemen). Seasonal changes in Mg/Ca, Li/Ca and Ba/Ca composition of Lithophyllum kotschyanum f. affine were investigated by Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). For the first time in coralline algae, the Li/Ca composition was analyzed and showed a highly significant and positive correlation with Mg/Ca and SST. Monthly algal Mg/Ca and Li/Ca variations indicate a positive correlation with sea surface temperature (SST), and sea surface…

biologyChemistrygeochemical proxies crustose coralline algae climate record Indian OceanCoralline algaeGEO/01 - PALEONTOLOGIA E PALEOECOLOGIAbiology.organism_classificationLithophyllum kotschyanumThallusIndian oceanSea surface temperatureOceanographyGeochemistry and PetrologyUpwellingLithophyllumSea surface salinityGeochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
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