202 Timestamped Biomineralized Structures in Coastal Environmental Monitoring and Cultural Research

Sclerochronology, the study of biomineralized accretionary tissues, provides temporal reconstructions of biogeochemistry, climate, and human-environmental interactions over millennia. We invite sclerochronological abstracts with societal impacts related to environmental monitoring, conservation, and cultural or policy efforts.

Tuesday, 21 October 2025
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, 214D

Participants

• Chair Veronica Vriesman
• Chair Natasha Leclerc
• Chair Meghan Burchell

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  Invasion of the Southeastern United States: Using Oxygen Isotope Sclerochronology to Determine Temperature Tolerances of Pomacea maculata
  Anna-Cae Fuller, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and C. Fred Andrus, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  412512 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  Growth Analysis of Saxidomus gigantea as a Proxy for Seasonal Sea Ice Flux
  Freya Cordell, Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and C. Fred Andrus, Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Christine Bassett, Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Catherine West, Archaeology, Boston University, Boston, MA
  413041 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  The United Plates of Barnacles: Analyzing the Consistency of Oxygen and Carbon Stable Isotopes in Barnacle Plates for Paleoenvironmental Analysis
  Abigail Davis, University of Georgia Department of Geology, Athens, GA and Sally Walker, University of Georgia Department of Geology, Athens, GA
  413798 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  Using shell development of freshwater bivalves to examine environmental stress across a bedrock-driven pH gradient
  Judith Nagel-Myers, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
  414197 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  Exploring Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Environmental Reconstruction with Mytilus californianus
  Alexandria Firenzi, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada
  414747 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:10 PM
  Can we quantify primary productivity shifts with mollusk shell trace elements? Evidence from Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada
  Natasha Leclerc, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and Sarah Kuehn, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and Sebastian Kommescher, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and Andrea Prentice, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and Spencer Taft, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Vancouver, British Columbia and Julien Thébault, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané and Meghan Burchell, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
  413578 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:25 PM
  Applying clumped isotope paleothermometry in sclerochronology studies: a brief tutorial for D47-curious sclerochronologists
  Sierra Petersen, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Lucas Gomes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Alex Quizon, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Erin Kim, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  412802 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:40 PM
  Towards a method of measuring uncertainty in molluscan oxygen isotope season of capture analyses.
  C. Fred Andrus, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and David Goodwin, Denison University, Granville, OH
  414340 (Technical Sessions)