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Research article
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21 Apr 2020
Research article |
| 21 Apr 2020
| 21 Apr 2020
Rare earth elements in oyster shells: provenance discrimination and potential vital effects
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre
Paris, ISTeP, 75005 Paris, France
Camille Godbillot
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre
Paris, ISTeP, 75005 Paris, France
Vianney Forest
INRAP-Occitanie, UMR 5068, TRACES, Toulouse, France
Alexey Ulianov
University of Lausanne, Institut des Sciences de la Terre, 1015
Lausanne, Switzerland
Franck Lartaud
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ecogéochimie des
Environnements Benthiques, LECOB, 66650 Banyuls, France
Marc de Rafélis
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, Université
Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
Laurent Emmanuel
Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU, Institut des Sciences de la Terre
Paris, ISTeP, 75005 Paris, France
Eric P. Verrecchia
University of Lausanne, Institut des Dynamiques de la Surface
Terrestre, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Trace element variations in mussels' shells from continent to sea: The St. Lawrence system, Canada A. Guillot et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116034
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Rare earth elements (REEs) in coastal seawater are included in bivalve shells during growth, and a regional fingerprint can be defined for provenance and environmental monitoring studies. We present a large dataset of REE abundances from oysters from six locations in France. The cupped oyster can be discriminated from one locality to another, but this is not the case for the flat oyster. Therefore, provenance studies using bivalve shells based on REEs are not adapted for the flat oyster.
Rare earth elements (REEs) in coastal seawater are included in bivalve shells during growth, and...
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