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Ideas and perspectives
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03 May 2024
Ideas and perspectives |
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Ideas and perspectives: Human impacts alter the marine fossil record
Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
Martin Zuschin
Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
Adam Tomašových
Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 84005, Slovakia
Michał Kowalewski
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Daniele Scarponi
Alma Mater Research Institute on Global Challenges and Climate Change, Università di Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy
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The timescale of mixing and irrigation of sediments by burrowers that affect biogeochemical cycles is difficult to estimate in the stratigraphic record. We show that pyrite linings in molluscan shells preserved below the mixed layer represent a signature of limited bioirrigation. We document an increase in the frequency of pyrite-lined shells in cores collected in the northern Adriatic Sea, suggesting that bioirrigation rates significantly declined during the late 20th century.
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The youngest fossil record is a crucial source of data on the history of marine ecosystems and their long-term alteration by humans. However, human activities that reshape ecosystems also alter sedimentary and biological processes that control the formation of the geological archives recording those impacts. Thus, humans have been transforming the marine fossil record in ways that affect our ability to reconstruct past ecological and climate dynamics.
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