Shell sclerochronology of the limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791: Implications for growth patterns and reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures

Understanding the environmental conditions faced by past human populations is essential to understand their behaviour, and the subsistence strategies that they adopted for survival. The study of oxygen isotope ratios in limpet shells (δ18Oshell) can provide important information on sea surface tempe...

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Autores: Gutiérrez Zugasti, Igor, Suárez-Revilla, Roberto, García-Escárzaga, Asier, Clarke, Leon J., Schöne, Bernd R., Pascual-Revilla, Jara, García Gómez, José Carlos, Zilhão, João, Zapata, Josefina, Marín, Arnaldo
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/173572
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112954
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Palabra clave:Archaeology
Molluscs
Oceanography
Oxygen stable isotopes
Shells
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spelling Shell sclerochronology of the limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791: Implications for growth patterns and reconstruction of past sea surface temperaturesGutiérrez Zugasti, IgorSuárez-Revilla, RobertoGarcía-Escárzaga, AsierClarke, Leon J.Schöne, Bernd R.Pascual-Revilla, JaraGarcía Gómez, José CarlosZilhão, JoãoZapata, JosefinaMarín, ArnaldoArchaeologyMolluscsOceanographyOxygen stable isotopesShellsUnderstanding the environmental conditions faced by past human populations is essential to understand their behaviour, and the subsistence strategies that they adopted for survival. The study of oxygen isotope ratios in limpet shells (δ18Oshell) can provide important information on sea surface temperature (SST), shell growth patterns and the season of shell collection by human populations. Following this approach, in this paper, we assessed δ18Oshell values of three modern limpets Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791 collected alive in Ceuta (northern Africa) as proxies for past SST and to determine the season of shell collection at archaeological sites. Studied shells showed fast growth rates without long periods of growth stops. However, results suggested that the shells did not grow during all tidal immersions. Results also showed higher growth rates between winter and summer, although each shell exhibited its own distinctive patterns. According to the isotope data, studied limpets deposited calcium carbonate to form their shells with an average offset of +0.34 ‰ from expected equilibrium. This offset was higher in summer (0.56 ‰) and lower in winter (0.18 ‰). Reconstructed sea surface temperature (SSTδ18O) exhibited high correlation with satellite temperature. Considering the variability of the oxygen isotope composition of the seawater (δ18Osw), past SSTδ18O can be calculated with an uncertainty of +2 °C and −1.4 °C. Our study demonstrates that δ18O values of P. ferruginea can be used to reconstruct SST provided that the δ18Osw is known. Furthermore, the season of shell collection can be estimated from δ18Oshell curves, which has deep implications for future archaeological investigations.ElsevierZoologíaAgencia Estatal de Investigación. EspañaMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICIU). España2025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/173572https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112954reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésPalaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 670, 112954.HAR 2017-86262-PPID2021-124059NB-I00https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112954info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1735722026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Shell sclerochronology of the limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791: Implications for growth patterns and reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures
title Shell sclerochronology of the limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791: Implications for growth patterns and reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures
spellingShingle Shell sclerochronology of the limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791: Implications for growth patterns and reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures
Gutiérrez Zugasti, Igor
Archaeology
Molluscs
Oceanography
Oxygen stable isotopes
Shells
title_short Shell sclerochronology of the limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791: Implications for growth patterns and reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures
title_full Shell sclerochronology of the limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791: Implications for growth patterns and reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures
title_fullStr Shell sclerochronology of the limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791: Implications for growth patterns and reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures
title_full_unstemmed Shell sclerochronology of the limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791: Implications for growth patterns and reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures
title_sort Shell sclerochronology of the limpet Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791: Implications for growth patterns and reconstruction of past sea surface temperatures
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gutiérrez Zugasti, Igor
Suárez-Revilla, Roberto
García-Escárzaga, Asier
Clarke, Leon J.
Schöne, Bernd R.
Pascual-Revilla, Jara
García Gómez, José Carlos
Zilhão, João
Zapata, Josefina
Marín, Arnaldo
author Gutiérrez Zugasti, Igor
author_facet Gutiérrez Zugasti, Igor
Suárez-Revilla, Roberto
García-Escárzaga, Asier
Clarke, Leon J.
Schöne, Bernd R.
Pascual-Revilla, Jara
García Gómez, José Carlos
Zilhão, João
Zapata, Josefina
Marín, Arnaldo
author_role author
author2 Suárez-Revilla, Roberto
García-Escárzaga, Asier
Clarke, Leon J.
Schöne, Bernd R.
Pascual-Revilla, Jara
García Gómez, José Carlos
Zilhão, João
Zapata, Josefina
Marín, Arnaldo
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Zoología
Agencia Estatal de Investigación. España
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICIU). España
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Archaeology
Molluscs
Oceanography
Oxygen stable isotopes
Shells
topic Archaeology
Molluscs
Oceanography
Oxygen stable isotopes
Shells
description Understanding the environmental conditions faced by past human populations is essential to understand their behaviour, and the subsistence strategies that they adopted for survival. The study of oxygen isotope ratios in limpet shells (δ18Oshell) can provide important information on sea surface temperature (SST), shell growth patterns and the season of shell collection by human populations. Following this approach, in this paper, we assessed δ18Oshell values of three modern limpets Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791 collected alive in Ceuta (northern Africa) as proxies for past SST and to determine the season of shell collection at archaeological sites. Studied shells showed fast growth rates without long periods of growth stops. However, results suggested that the shells did not grow during all tidal immersions. Results also showed higher growth rates between winter and summer, although each shell exhibited its own distinctive patterns. According to the isotope data, studied limpets deposited calcium carbonate to form their shells with an average offset of +0.34 ‰ from expected equilibrium. This offset was higher in summer (0.56 ‰) and lower in winter (0.18 ‰). Reconstructed sea surface temperature (SSTδ18O) exhibited high correlation with satellite temperature. Considering the variability of the oxygen isotope composition of the seawater (δ18Osw), past SSTδ18O can be calculated with an uncertainty of +2 °C and −1.4 °C. Our study demonstrates that δ18O values of P. ferruginea can be used to reconstruct SST provided that the δ18Osw is known. Furthermore, the season of shell collection can be estimated from δ18Oshell curves, which has deep implications for future archaeological investigations.
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