Butler, Paul G; Richardson, Christopher A; Scourse, James D; Wanamaker, Alan D; Shammon, Theresa M; Bennell, James (2010): Shell-based chronologies for the Irish Sea [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.816231, Supplement to: Butler, PG et al. (2010): Marine climate in the Irish Sea: analysis of a 489-year marine master chronology derived from growth increments in the shell of the clam Arctica islandica. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(13-14), 1614-1632, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.07.010
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Abstract:
We demonstrate here that the growth increment variability in the shell of the long-lived bivalve mollusc Arctica islandica can be interpreted as an indicator of marine environmental change in the climatically important North Atlantic shelf seas. Multi-centennial (up to 489-year) chronologies were constructed using five detrending techniques and their characteristics compared. The strength of the common environmental signal expressed in the chronologies was found to be fully comparable with equivalent statistics for tree-ring chronologies. The negative exponential function using truncated increment-width series from which the first thirty years have been removed was chosen as the optimal detrending technique. Chronology indices were compared with the Central England Temperature record and with seawater temperature records from stations close to the study site in the Irish Sea. Statistically significant correlations were found between the chronology indices and (a) mean air temperature for the 14-month period beginning in the January preceding the year of growth, (b) mean seawater temperatures for February-October in the year preceding the year of growth (c) late summer and autumn air temperatures and sea surface temperatures for the year of growth and (d) the timing of the autumn decline in SST. Changes through time in the correlations with air and seawater temperatures and changes towards a deeper water origin for the shells in the chronology were interpreted as an indication that shell growth may respond to stratification dynamics.
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Latitude: 54.200000 * Longitude: -5.500000
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- Butler, PG; Richardson, CA; Scourse, JD et al. (2010): Absolutely dated shell-based chronologies for the Irish Sea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.816173
- Butler, PG; Richardson, CA; Scourse, JD et al. (2010): Shell growth increment of Arctica islandica from the Irish Sea. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.816172