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Refining trace metal temperature proxies in cold-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals

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01/09/2020
Author
Stewart, Joseph A.
Robinson, Laura F.
Day, Russell D.
Strawson, Ivo
Burke, Andrea
Rae, James W.B.
Spooner, Peter T.
Samperiz, Ana
Etnoyer, Peter J.
Williams, Branwen
Paytan, Adina
Leng, Melanie J.
Häussermann, Vreni
Wickes, Leslie N.
Bratt, Rachael
Pryer, Helena
Keywords
Scleractinia
Stylasteridae
Seawater temperature
Li/Mg
Mineralogy
GE Environmental Sciences
DAS
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Abstract
The Li/Mg, Sr/Ca and oxygen isotopic (δ18O) compositions of many marine biogenic carbonates are sensitive to seawater temperature. Corals, as cosmopolitan marine taxa with carbonate skeletons that can be precisely dated, represent ideal hosts for these geochemical proxies. However, efforts to calibrate and refine temperature proxies in cold-water corals (<20◦C) remain limited. Here we present skeletal Li/Mg, Sr/Ca, δ18O and carbon isotope (δ13C) data from live-collected specimens of aragonitic scleractinian corals (Balanophyllia, Caryophyllia, Desmophyllum, Enallopsammia, Flabellum, Lophelia, and Vaughanella), both aragonitic and high-Mg calcitic stylasterid genera (Stylaster and Errina), and shallow-water high-Mg calcite crustose coralline algae (Lithophyllum, Hydrolithon, and Neogoniolithon). We interpret these data in conjunction with results from previously explored taxa including aragonitic zooxanthellate scleractinia and foraminifera, and high-Mg calcite octocorals. We show that Li/Mg ratios covary most strongly with seawater temperature, both for aragonitic and high-Mg calcitic taxa, making for reliable and universal seawater temperature proxies. Combining all of our biogenic aragonitic Li/Mg data with previous calibration efforts we report a refined relationship to temperature: Li/MgAll Aragonite=5.42 exp(−0.050 ×T(◦C))(R2=0.97). This calibration now permits paleo-temperature reconstruction to better than ±3.4◦C (95% prediction intervals) across biogenic aragonites, regardless of taxon, from 0 to 30◦C. For taxa in this study, aragonitic stylasterid Li/Mg offers the most robust temperature proxy (Li/MgStylasterid(Arag)=5.64 exp(−0.046 ×T(◦C))(R2=0.95)) with a reproducibility of ±2.3◦C. For the first time, we show that high-Mg calcites have a similar exponential relationship with temperature, but with a lower intercept value (Li/Mg =0.63 exp(−0.050 ×T(◦C)(R2=0.92)). This calibration opens the possibility of temperature reconstruction using high-Mg calcite corals and coralline algae. The commonality in the relationship between Li/Mg and temperature transcends phylogeny and suggests a similar abiogenic trace metal incorporation mechanism.
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Stewart , J A , Robinson , L F , Day , R D , Strawson , I , Burke , A , Rae , J W B , Spooner , P T , Samperiz , A , Etnoyer , P J , Williams , B , Paytan , A , Leng , M J , Häussermann , V , Wickes , L N , Bratt , R & Pryer , H 2020 , ' Refining trace metal temperature proxies in cold-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals ' , Earth and Planetary Science Letters , vol. 545 , 116412 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116412
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Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116412
ISSN
0012-821X
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Funding was provided by an Antarctic Bursary awarded to J.A.S., ERC and NERC grants awarded to L.F.R. (278705, NE/S001743/1, NE/R005117/1) and L.F.R. and J.W.B.R. (NE/N003861/1), and a NERC Stable isotope Grant.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/20133

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