Biogeosciences (B)
Session Sub-categoryPaleontology(PT)
Session IDB-PT04
TitleBiomineralization and the Geochemistry of Proxies
Short TitleBiomineralization and Proxies
Main Convener NameTakashi Toyofuku
AffiliationJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Co-Convener 1NameHiroshi Kitazato
AffiliationTokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT)
Co-Convener 2NameJelle Bijma
AffiliationAlfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Co-Convener 3NameKotaro Hirose
AffiliationFaculty of Science & Engineering, Waseda University
Session LanguageE
ScopeBiomineralization and the Geochemistry of Proxies - Biology, laboratory culture-experiments and their applications to the paleo-research -
In order to reconstruct the Earth climate system, marine paleoclimatologists resort to transfer functions or geochemical proxies, which are produced or affected by organisms. The relationships used for reconstructions are generally based on field calibrations or derived from laboratory experiments. The danger of these so-called empirical relationships is that they may be valid only within the restricted parameter space of their calibration. Application of proxy relationships to very different environmental settings (e.g. high vs. low latitude or glacial vs. interglacial) requires a mechanistic understanding of these relationships. Much progress can be expected by a better understanding of the biomineralization mechanisms and the incorporation of proxy signals.
In this session we facilitate contributions related to the biomineralization, calibration and validation of marine proxies from field study, laboratory culture experiment and paleo-environmental reconstruction.
Presentation FormatOral and Poster presentation
Joint Session withEGU
Invited AuthorsInge van Dijk (Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz centre for polar and marine research)
Yasuhide Nakamura (National Museum of Nature and Science)
Takuma Suzuki (Shimane University)
Shunichi Kinoshita (Tohoku University, Graduate School of Science)
TimePresentation NoTitlePresenterAbstract
Oral Presentation May 26 AM1
09:00 - 09:15BPT04-01Long term size changes of the Middle Miocene planktonic foraminifera in the eastern equatorial PacificTakuma Suzuki
09:15 - 09:30BPT04-02Mathematical models for the geochemical composition of foraminiferal calcium carbonateJelle Bijma
09:30 - 09:45BPT04-03Response of structurally substituted sulfur in foraminifera shells to glacial-interglacial changes: a 1.0-million-year record from the Ontong-Java PlateauToshihiro Yoshimura
09:45 - 10:00BPT04-04Transcript assembly and quantification identify candidate genes for foraminiferal calcificationYurika Ujiie
10:00 - 10:15BPT04-05Characterization of cogwheel structures in foraminiferaInge van Dijk
10:15 - 10:30BPT04-06Benthic foraminiferal characterizations from the seascape point of viewHiroshi Kitazato
Oral Presentation May 26 AM2
10:45 - 11:00BPT04-07Skeleton microstructures of aposymbiotic scleractinian coral cultured in seawater with various Mg/Ca ratiosSatoko Motai
11:00 - 11:15BPT04-08Skeletal formation of scleractinian corals in response to Mg/Ca fluctuationTomihiko Higuchi
11:15 - 11:30BPT04-09Inter-specific variations in trace element concentrations of modern brachiopod shells collected from Otsuchi Bay, JapanTakuya Nishio
11:30 - 11:45BPT04-10Trace element concentrations of sub-tropical modern brachiopod Basiliola lucida collected off Okinawa-jima, JapanHideko Takayanagi
11:45 - 12:05BPT04-11Structural difference between phaeodarians and radiolarians (unicellular zooplankton)Yasuhide Nakamura
Presentation NoTitlePresenterAbstract
Poster Presentation May 26 PM2
BPT04-P01Living (stained) benthic foraminifera in the West-Gironde mud patch (Bay of Biscay, France): An ongoing survey for the European Community.Christophe Fontanier
BPT04-P02Biomonitoring in the Cassidaigne Canyon (NW Mediterranean): the resilience and recovery of deep-sea benthic foraminifera at a bauxite industrial waste sitePauline Duros
BPT04-P03Comparison between assemblages of diatom fossil and biomarkers in surface sediments from Seto Inland SeaKotaro Hirose
BPT04-P04Combined impacts of ocean acidification and desalination: culture experiments on the coastal species Ammonia sp. and Elphidium crispumLaurie Marie Charrieau
BPT04-P05Effects on larger benthic foraminiferal shell density under global warmingShunichi Kinoshita
BPT04-P06Estimation of the calcification rate of foraminifera -exceptionally fast extending of the shell-Yukiko Nagai
BPT04-P07Estimation of foraminiferal calcification process from live imaging and FIB-SEM approachTakashi Toyofuku
BPT04-P08Toward a better understanding of planktic foraminiferal proxies: Are they photosymbiotic or not?Haruka TAKAGI
BPT04-P09Evaluation of geochemistry in hypercalcified demosponges as a paleoceanographic proxyRyuji Asami