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Temperature-dependent oxygen isotope fractionation in otoliths of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Journal Article · · Applied Geochemistry
Oxygen thermometry has become a widely used technique for reconstructing thermal history in calcifying organisms but interpretation can be subject to predictive error from vital effects. To better understand these processes in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) we experimentally constructed a temperature-dependent, otolith–water fractionation relationship for oxygen isotopes (δ18O) by rearing post-yolk absorptive juvenile fish at nominal temperatures from 6 to 21 °C. Temperature and otolith precipitation rate had significant effects on the otolith–water δ18O fractionation, but somatic growth rate did not. The slope of the δ18O fractionation equation also differed significantly from that of synthetic aragonite. Furthermore, our results suggest the expression of kinetic effects on δ18O fractionation in otoliths of Chinook salmon that are increasingly constrained at higher temperatures by other physical and physiological processes involved in mineral formation. Species-specific δ18O fractionation equations have considerable utility to reconstruct temperature history in Pacific salmon, but applications should recognize the potential for inferential uncertainty arising from interacting vital effects.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
2000528
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1999927
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA--175823
Journal Information:
Applied Geochemistry, Journal Name: Applied Geochemistry Vol. 155; ISSN 0883-2927
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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