High-resolution analysis of trace elements in crustose coralline algae from the North Atlantic and North Pacific by laser ablation ICP-MS

S. Hetzinger; J. Halfar; T. Zack; G. Gamboa; D. E. Jacob; B. E. Kunz; A. Kronz; W. Adey; P. A. Lebednik; R. S. Steneck

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.06.004

High-resolution analysis of trace elements in crustose coralline algae from the North Atlantic and North Pacific by laser ablation ICP-MS

S. Hetzinger^*, J. Halfar, T. Zack, G. Gamboa, D. E. Jacob, B. E. Kunz, A. Kronz, W. Adey, P. A. Lebednik, R. S. Steneck

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We have investigated the trace elemental composition in the skeleta of two specimens of attached-living coralline algae of the species Clathromorphum compactum from the North Atlantic (Newfoundland) and Clathromorphum nereostratum from the North Pacific/Bering Sea region (Amchitka Island, Aleutians). Samples were analyzed using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) yielding for the first time continuous individual trace elemental records of up to 69. years in length. The resulting algal Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, U/Ca, and Ba/Ca ratios are reproducible within individual sample specimens. Algal Mg/Ca ratios were additionally validated by electron microprobe analyses (Amchitka sample). Algal Sr/Ca, U/Ca, and Ba/Ca ratios were compared to algal Mg/Ca ratios, which previously have been shown to reliably record sea surface temperature (SST). Ratios of Sr/Ca from both Clathromorphum species show a strong positive correlation to temperature-dependent Mg/Ca ratios, implying that seawater temperature plays an important role in the incorporation of Sr into algal calcite. Linear Sr/Ca-SST regressions have provided positive, but weaker relationships as compared to Mg/Ca-SST relationships. Both, algal Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca display clear seasonal cycles. Inverse correlations were found between algal Mg/Ca and U/Ca, Ba/Ca, and correlations to SST are weaker than between Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and SST. This suggests that the incorporation of U and Ba is influenced by other factors aside from temperature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	81-94
Number of pages	14
Journal	Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Volume	302
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.06.004
Publication status	Published - 2011
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Hetzinger, S., Halfar, J., Zack, T., Gamboa, G., Jacob, D. E., Kunz, B. E., Kronz, A., Adey, W., Lebednik, P. A., & Steneck, R. S. (2011). High-resolution analysis of trace elements in crustose coralline algae from the North Atlantic and North Pacific by laser ablation ICP-MS. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 302(1), 81-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.06.004

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Hetzinger, S, Halfar, J, Zack, T, Gamboa, G, Jacob, DE, Kunz, BE, Kronz, A, Adey, W, Lebednik, PA & Steneck, RS 2011, 'High-resolution analysis of trace elements in crustose coralline algae from the North Atlantic and North Pacific by laser ablation ICP-MS', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 302, no. 1, pp. 81-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.06.004

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High-resolution analysis of trace elements in crustose coralline algae from the North Atlantic and North Pacific by laser ablation ICP-MS

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