A 200-year archaeozoological record of Pacific cod ( Gadus macrocephalus ) life history as revealed through ion microprobe oxygen isotope ratios in otoliths
A 200-year archaeozoological record of Pacific cod ( Gadus macrocephalus ) life history as revealed through ion microprobe oxygen isotope ratios in otoliths
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通过离子微探针耳石中的氧同位素比率揭示了太平洋鳕鱼 (Gadus macrocephalus) 200 年生活史的考古动物学记录
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10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.06.037
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2017
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Valley, John W.
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Helser, Thomas;Kastelle, Craig;Crowell, Aron;Ushikubo, Takayuki;Orland, Ian J.;Kozdon, Reinhard;Valley, John W.
We measuredδ18O values in modern and archaeological Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) otoliths recovered from Aialik Bay on the Pacific coast of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, using a high precision ion microprobe. Values ofδ18O were measured in as many as sixty 10-μm spots along 2–3 mm transects from the otolith core to its margin with high spot-to-spot analytical precision (δ18O ± 0.3‰). We obtained sample densities along a linear transect that were at least 2 to 3 times greater than micromilling/conventional mass spectrometry techniques. From modern Pacific cod otoliths (usingin situtemperatures from electronic archive tags) we calibrated an empirical fractionation equation of aragoniteδ18O to sea water temperature (r2= 0.75,p< 0.001,δ18OA= 2.13–0.25T°C) and from which we predicted the thermography of fish life history and historic nearshore water temperature in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). Sinuous variability ofδ18O values along core-to-margin transects likely reflect seasonal temperature changes and suggest similar longevity between modern and archaeological cod. Generally increasingδ18O values from the otolith core region to the margin revealed an ontogenetic migration from warmer nearshore habitat during the first year of life to cooler deeper waters at later ages, a behavior that has not changed over the past 200 years. A decline in the averageδ18O of otolith cores from archaeological (~ 200 +, ~ 100 + years before present, YBP) to modern otoliths suggest increasing sea surface temperatures from the late Little Ice Age to present. Temperatures calculated from theδ18O in aragonite suggest a 2–3 °C rise in coastal marine sea surface temperatures in the GOA over the last 200 years. Implications of indigenous subsistence resource use and settlement patterns are discussed in light of major shifts in GOA water temperatures and biological regimes.