Biogeosciences
Biogeosciences
BG
Articles | Volume 20, issue 14
Articles | Volume 20, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3027-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3027-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 14
Research article
 | 
28 Jul 2023
Research article |  | 28 Jul 2023

Ultradian rhythms in shell composition of photosymbiotic and non-photosymbiotic mollusks

Niels J. de Winter, Daniel Killam, Lukas Fröhlich, Lennart de Nooijer, Wim Boer, Bernd R. Schöne, Julien Thébault, and Gert-Jan Reichart

Viewed

Total article views: 2,558 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
1,855 604 99 2,558 113 126
  • HTML: 1,855
  • PDF: 604
  • XML: 99
  • Total: 2,558
  • BibTeX: 113
  • EndNote: 126
Views and downloads (calculated since 27 Jul 2022)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 27 Jul 2022)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 2,558 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 2,471 with geography defined and 87 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 
Latest update: 24 Nov 2025
Download
Short summary
Mollusk shells are valuable recorders of climate and environmental changes of the past down to a daily resolution. To explore this potential, we measured changes in the composition of shells of two types of bivalves recorded at the hourly scale: the king scallop Pecten maximus and giant clams (Tridacna) that engaged in photosymbiosis. We find that photosymbiosis produces more day–night fluctuation in shell chemistry but that most of the variation is not periodic, perhaps recording weather.
Read more
Share
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint