Lazareth, C.E.; Willenz, P.; Navez, J.; Keppens, E.; Dehairs, F.; André, L. (2000). Sclerosponges as a new potential recorder of environmental changes: Lead in Ceratoporella nicholsoni. Geology. 28(6): 515.

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10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<515:saanpr>2.0.co;2 [view]

Lazareth, C.E.; Willenz, P.; Navez, J.; Keppens, E.; Dehairs, F.; André, L.

2000

28(6): 515

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Lead concentrations have been analyzed on a 223 yr profile through the aragonitic skeleton of the reef-building Caribbean sclerosponge Ceratoporella nicholsoni by using laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry. A parallel study of the d13C distribution in the skeleton validates the previously established mean annual growth rate of 230 µm/yr, at least for long-term important environmental changes. The Pb trend in the specimen displays a general increase from 0.30 ppm ca. A.D. 1760 to 2.15 ppm ca. A.D. 1984; a major threefold increase occurred after 1930. This Pb profile is analogous to results acquired from ice or coral cores and clearly highlights the potential of sclerosponges as a new proxy of environmental changes for time series extending over several centuries.

Caribbean region

Pollution, Toxicology

Porifera

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