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SUBMITTER: Fehrenbacher JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5440661 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fehrenbacher Jennifer S JS Russell Ann D AD Davis Catherine V CV Gagnon Alexander C AC Spero Howard J HJ Cliff John B JB Zhu Zihua Z Martin Pamela P
Nature communications 20170515
The relationship between seawater temperature and the average Mg/Ca ratios in planktic foraminifera is well established, providing an essential tool for reconstructing past ocean temperatures. However, many species display alternating high and low Mg-bands within their shell walls that cannot be explained by temperature alone. Recent experiments demonstrate that intrashell Mg variability in Orbulina universa, which forms a spherical terminal shell, is paced by the diurnal light/dark cycle. Wheth ...[more]