Bernd R. Schöne

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Research Synopsis

My research focuses high-resolution climate and seasonality reconstructions from mollusk shells (mollusk sclerochronology). During growth bivalves record environmental changes in their shells in the form of variable increment widths (= variable growth rates) and variable geochemical properties including stable isotopes and trace elements.

Extremely long-lived bivalves (some reach ontogenetic ages of up to 375 years) are of particular interest for long-term paleoclimate studies, particularly in settings for which other high-resolution proxy records are not available. Based on similar growth patterns, contemporaneous shells with overlapping life spans were strung together to form so-called mean or master chronologies (similar to dendrochronology). Such chronologies reflect the environmental conditions that affected all these specimens. For example, using numerous live-collected specimens of Arctica islandica from the upper mixed layer of the North Atlantic, a 500-yr master chronology for the North Atlantic was constructed. This time-series reflects clear decadal and multi-decadal oscillations in the growth and stable isotope records which can be related to the North Atlantic Oscillation and the North Atlantic SST Tripole Index. Extreme events, such as the culmination of the Little Ice Age, the aftermaths of the global volcanic eruption can clearly be identified in the growth, stable isotope and trace element record of the shells. The carbon isotope composition of shells of this ‘bivalved Methuselah’ is not affected by ontogenetic trends and hence reflects synchronous changes of the carbon isotope ratios of the seawater DIC. The expanded use of fossil fuels since 1960, resulting in a strong shift toward more negative values of carbon isotopes, is recorded in these shells. Aside from the trend toward elevated CO2 levels, shell carbon isotopes indicate strong subseasonal to multidecadal variations of the primary productivity. Shell oxygen isotope data permitted a detailed and quantifiable analysis of the effects of global warming in surface waters and deeper settings. For example, during the last 150 years, both surface and subsurface waters of the North Sea showed a significant increase by about 1°C.

Short-lived bivalves can provide details on subannual environmental changes including paleoseasonality and paleoweather. For example, by analyzing the daily growth pattern, the date of death of can be determined to the nearest week. Such information is of particular interest for archaeologists who are interested in clarifying the seasonal site occupation and subsistence patterns of Indigenous peoples.

Other research foci are on developing new and optimizing existing proxies for environmental change from trace elements and non-traditional stable isotopes of molluskan shells. My research team set up tank experiments in order to identify external and internal factors that govern shell growth. Time-lapse cameras take pictures at 15 second intervals of different bivalve mollusk specimens of Anodonta cygnea. Results suggest the presence of ultradian oscillations at 2 to 4, 20 to 30 and 50 to 70min of shell activity. In addition, shells exhibit clear circadian cycles. All cycles are clearly reflected in the shell growth patterns substantiating the use of mircogrowth structures as precise calendars.

 

 

Publications

 

In review: 

(1) Burchell M, Hallmann N, Cannon A, Schwarcz HP and Schöne BR. Biogeochemical signatures of archaeological shells: Implications for interpreting seasonality at shell midden sites. In: M Roksandic, S Mendonça, S Eggers, M Burchell and D Klokler (Eds), The Cultural Dynamics of Shell Middens and Shell Mounds: A Worldwide Perspective. University of New Mexico Press.

(2) Yan L, Schöne BR and Arkhipkin A. Eurhomalea exalbida (Bivalvia): a faithful recorder of climate in southern South America? Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

(3) Lohmann G & Schöne BR. Climate signatures on interannual to interdecadal time scales as obtained from mollusk shells (Arctica islandica) from Iceland. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

(4) Maurer A-F, Galer SJG, Knipper C, Beierlein L, Nunn EV, Peters D, Tütken T, Alt KW and Schöne BR. Preservation vs. anthropogenic contamination of the natural bioavailable strontium in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, with implications for isoscapes in past migration studies. Science of the Total Environment.

 

 

Peer-reviewed: 

(78) Schöne BR and Surge DM. 2012. Bivalve sclerochronology and geochemistry. In: Paul A Selden (Ed), Treatise of Invertebrate Paleontology, part N (revised) Mollusca 6, Bivalvia, chapter 14 (accepted).

(77) Burchell M, Cannon A, Hallmann N, Schwarcz H and Schöne BR. 2012. Refining estimates for the season of shellfish collection on the Pacific Northwest Coast: Applying high-resolution stable oxygen isotope analysis and sclerochronology. Archaeometry (accepted).

(76)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Hallmann N, Burchell M, Martindale A, Brewster N and Schöne BR 2012. Holocene climate and cultural changes at the Dundas Islands Group, northern British Columbia, Canada — a bivalve sclerochronological approach. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (online: 2011; doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.12.019).

(75)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Radermacher P, Zhang Z and Jacob DE 2012. Crystal fabrics and element impurities (Sr/Ca, Mg/Ca, and Ba/Ca) in shells of Arctica islandica – implications for paleoclimate reconstructions. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (online: 2011; doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.013).

(74) Knipper C, Maurer A-F, Peters D, Meyer C, Brauns M, Galer SG, von Freeden U, Schöne BR and Alt KW 2011. Mobility in Thuringia or mobile Thuringians: a strontium isotope study from early Medieval central Germany. In: W Schier, J Burger, E Kaiser (Eds), Migrations in Prehistory and Early History. Stable Isotopes and Population Genetics. TOPOI. Berlin Studies of the Ancient World, 293-317.

(73)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Ivany LC, Brey T, Huber M, Buick DP and Schöne BR 2011. El Niño in the Eocene greenhouse recorded by fossil bivalves and wood from Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters 38, L16709, doi:10.1029/2011GL048635.

(72)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Hallmann N, Schöne BR, Irvine GV, Burchell M, Cokelet ED and Hilton M 2011. An improved understanding of the Alaska Coastal Current: The application of a bivalve growth-temperature model to reconstruct freshwater-influenced paleoenvironments. Palaios 26, 346-363.

(71)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Torres ME, Zima D, Falkner KK, Macdonald RW, O'Brian M, Schöne BR and Siferd T 2011. Hydrographic changes in Nares Strait (Canadian Arctic Archipelago) in recent decades based on δ18O profiles of bivalve shells. Arctic Journal 64, 45-58.

(70)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Wanamaker AD Jr, Kreutz KJ, Schöne BR and Introne DS 2011. Gulf of Maine shells reveal changes in seawater temperature seasonality during the Medieval Climate Anomaly and the Little Ice Age. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 302, 43-51 (online: 2010; doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.06.005).

(69)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Zhang Z, Radermacher P, Thébault J, Jacob D, Nunn EV and Maurer A-F 2011. Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios of ontogenetically old, long-lived bivalve shells (Arctica islandica) and their function as paleotemperature proxies. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 302, 52-64 (online: 2010; doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.016).

(68)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Wanamaker AD Jr, Fiebig J, Thébault J and Kreutz KJ 2011. Annually resolved δ13Cshell chronologies of long-lived bivalve mollusks (Arctica islandica) reveal oceanic carbon dynamics in the temperate North Atlantic during recent centuries. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 302, 31-42 (online: 2010; doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.02.002).

(67)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Williams M, Nelson A, Smellie J, Leng M, Jarram D, Johnson A, Haywood A, Peck V, Zalasiewicz J, Bennett C and Schöne BR 2010. Sea ice extent and seasonality for the Early Pliocene northern Weddell Sea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 292, 306-318.

(66)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Zhang Z, Jacob D, Gillikin DP, Tütken T, Garbe-Schönberg D, McConnaughey T and Soldati A 2010. Effect of organic matrices on the determination of the trace element chemistry (Mg, Sr, Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca) of aragonitic bivalve shells (Arctica islandica) – comparison of ICP-OES and LA-ICP-MS data. Geochemical Journal 44, 23-37.

(65)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Thébault J, Schöne BR, Hallmann N, Barth M and Nunn EV 2009. Investigation of Li/Ca variations in aragonitic shells of the ocean quahog Arctica islandica, northeast Iceland. Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems 10, Q12008, doi:10.1029/2009GC002789 (15pp.).

(64)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Johnson ALA, Hickson JA, Bird A, Schöne BR, Balson PS, Heaton THE and Williams M 2009. Comparative sclerochronology of modern and mid-Pliocene (c. 3.5 Ma) Aequipecten opercularis (Mollusca, Bivalvia): an insight into past and future climate change in the north-east Atlantic region. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 284, 164-179.

(63)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Radermacher P, Schöne BR, Gischler E, Oschmann W, Thébault J and Fiebig J 2009. Sclerochronology – a highly versatile tool for mariculture and reconstruction of life history traits of the queen conch, Strombus gigas (Gastropoda). Aquatic Living Resources 22, 307-318.

(62) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Hallmann N, Burchell M, Schöne BR, Irvine GV and Maxwell D 2009. High-resolution sclerochronological analysis of the bivalve mollusk Saxidomus gigantea from Alaska and British Columbia: techniques for revealing environmental archives and archaeological seasonality. Journal of Archaeological Science 36, 2353-2364.

(61) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Powell MG, Schöne BR and Jacob DE 2009. Tropical marine climate during the late Paleozoic ice age using trace element analyses of brachiopods. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 280, 143-149.

(60) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Hetzinger S, Halfar J, Kronz A, Steneck RS, Adey W, Lebendnik A and Schöne BR 2009. High-resolution Mg/Ca ratios in a coralline red alga as a proxy for Bering Sea temperature variations from 1902 to 1967. Palaios 24, 406-412.

(59) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Butler PG, Richardson C, Scourse JD, Witbaard R, Schöne BR, Fraser NM, Wanamaker AD Jr, Harris I and Robertson I 2009. Accurate increment identification and the spatial extent of the common signal in five Arctica islandica chronologies from the Fladen Ground, northern North Sea. Paleoceanography 24, PA2210, doi:10.1029/2008PA001715.

(58) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Martindale A, Letham B, McLaren D, Archer D, Burchell M and Schöne BR 2009. Mapping of subsurface shell midden components through percussion coring: examples from the Dundas Islands. Journal of Archaeological Science 36, 1565-1575.

(57) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Soldati AL, Jacob DE, Schöne BR, Bianchi MM and Hajduk A 2009. Seasonal periodicity of growth and composition in valves of Diplodon chilensis patagonicus (D’Orbigny 1935). Journal of Molluscan Studies 75, 75-81.

(56) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Rodland DL, Schöne BR, Baier S, Zhang Z, Dreyer W and Page NA 2009. Changes in gape frequency, siphon activity and thermal response in the freshwater bivalves Anodonta cygnea and Margaritifera falcata. Journal of Molluscan Studies 75, 51-57.

(55) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR and Fiebig J 2009. Seasonality in the North Sea during the Allerød and Late Medieval Climate Optimum using bivalve sclerochronology. International Journal of Earth Sciences 98, 83-98.

(54) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Dunca E, Mutvei H, Göransson P, Mörth C-M, Schöne BR, Whitehouse MJ, Elfman M & Baden SP 2009. Using ocean quahog (Arctica islandica) shells to reconstruct palaeoenvironment in Öresund, Kattegat and Skaggerak, Sweden. International Journal of Earth Sciences 98, 3-17.

(53) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Wanamaker AD Jr, Kreutz KJ, Schöne BR, Maasch KA, Pershing A, Borns HW, Introne DS and Feindel S 2009. A late Holocene paleo-productivity record in the Western Gulf of Maine, USA, inferred from growth histories of the long-lived ocean quahog (Arctica islandica). International Journal of Earth Sciences 98, 19-29.

(52) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Hallmann N, Schöne BR, Strom A and Fiebig J 2008. An intractable climate archive - Sclerochronological and shell oxygen isotope analyses of the Pacific geoduck, Panopea abrupta (bivalve mollusk) from Protection Island (Washington State, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 269, 115-126.

(51) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Nielsen JK, Helama S and Schöne BR 2008. Shell growth history of geoduck clam (Panopea abrupta) in Parry Passage, British Columbia, Canada - temporal variation in annuli and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Journal of Oceanography 64, 951-960.

(50) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Owen EF, Wanamaker AD Jr, Feindel SC, Schöne BR and Rawson PD 2008. Stable carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation in bivalve (Placopecten magellanicus) larval aragonite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72, 4687-4698.

(49) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, 2008. The curse of physiology – Challenges and opportunities in the interpretation of geochemical data from mollusk shells. Geo-Marine Letters 28, 269-285.

(48) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Wanamaker AD Jr, Kreutz KJ, Schöne BR, Pettigrew N, Borns HW, Introne DS, Belknap D, Maasch KA and Feindel S 2008. Coupled North Atlantic slopewater forcing on Gulf of Maine temperatures over the past millennium. Climate Dynamics 31, 183-194.

(47) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Fenger T, Surge D, Schöne B and Milner N 2007. Sclerochronology and geochemical variation in limpet shells (Patella vulgata): A new archive to reconstruct Holocene coastal sea surface temperature. Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems 8, Q07001, doi:10.1029/2006GC001488.

(46) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Halfar J, Steneck R, Schöne B, Moore GWK, Joachimski M, Kronz A, Fietzke J and Estes J 2007. Coralline alga reveals first marine record of subarctic North Pacific climate change. Geophysical Research Letters 34, L07702, doi:10.1029/2006GL028811.

(45) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Quinn TM and Schöne BR 2007. Corals, Sclerosponges, and Mollusks 2007. In: SA Elias “Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science”, 1646-1652 (Elsevier).

(44) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Miyaji T, Tanabe K and Schöne BR 2007. Environmental controls on daily shell growth of Phacosoma japonicum (Bivalvia: Veneridae) from Japan. Marine Ecology – Progress Series 336, 141-150.

(43) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Rodland DL, Wehrmann A, Heidel B, Oschmann W, Zhang Z, Fiebig J and Beck L 2007. Combined sclerochronologic and oxygen isotope analysis of gastropod shells (Gibbula cineraria, North Sea): life-history traits and utility as a high-resolution environmental archive for kelp forests. Marine Biology 150, 1237-1252.

(42) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Helama S, Schöne BR, Kirchhefer AJ, Nielsen JK and Rodland DL 2007. Compound response of marine and terrestrial ecosystems to varying climate: pre-anthropogenic perspective from bivalve shell growth increments and tree-rings. Marine Environmental Research 63, 185-199.

(41) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Page NA, Rodland DL, Fiebig J, Baier S, Pfeiffer M, Helama S and Oschmann W 2007. ENSO-coupled precipitation records (1959-2004) based on shells of freshwater bivalve mollusks (Margaritifera falcata) from British Columbia. International Journal of Earth Sciences 96, 525–540.

(40) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Dunca E, Doguzhaeva L, Schöne BR and van de Schootbrugge B 2006. Growth patterns in rostra of the Middle Jurassic belemnite Megateuthis giganteus: controlled by the moon? Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geologica 49, 109-117 (Prague, ISSN 0001-7132).

(39) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Helama S, Schöne BR, Black BA and Dunca E 2006. Constructing long-term proxy series for aquatic environments with absolute dating control using a sclerochronological approach: introduction and advanced applications. Marine and Freshwater Research 57, 591-599.

(38) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Rodland DL, Schöne BR, Helama S, Nielsen JK and Baier S 2006. A clockwork mollusc: ultradian rhythms in bivalve activity revealed by digital photography. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 334, 316-332.

(37) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Rodland DL, Surge DM, Fiebig J, Gillikin DP, Baier SM and Goewert A 2006. Comment on “Stable carbon isotopes in freshwater mussel shells: Environmental record or marker for metabolic activity?” by J. Geist et al. (2005). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 2658-2661.

(36) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Rodland DL, Fiebig J, Oschmann W, Goodwin DH, Flessa KW and Dettman DL 2006. Reliability of multi-taxon, multi-proxy reconstructions of environmental conditions from accretionary biogenic skeletons. Journal of Geology 114, 267-285.

(35) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR and Giere O 2005. Growth pattern and shell isotope ratios of the deep-sea hydrothermal vent bivalve mollusk Bathymodiolus brevior from the North Fiji Basin, Pacific Ocean. Deep-Sea Research I 52, 1896-1910.

(34) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Fiebig J, Schöne BR and Oschmann W 2005. High precision oxygen and carbon isotope analysis of very small (10-30µg) amounts of carbonates using CF-IRMS. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 19, 2355–2358.

(33) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR and Surge D 2005 (Eds). Looking back over Skeletal Diaries – High-resolution Environmental Reconstructions from Accretionary Hard Parts of Aquatic Organisms. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 228, 1-3.

(32) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Fiebig J, Pfeiffer M, Gleß R, Hickson J, Johnson ALA, Dreyer W and Oschmann W 2005. Climate records from a bivalved Methuselah (Arctica islandica, Mollusca; Iceland). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 228, 130-148.

(31) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Dunca E, Fiebig J and Pfeiffer M 2005. Mutvei’s solution: an ideal agent for resolving microgrowth structures of biogenic carbonates. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 228, 149-166.

(30) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Dunca E, Schöne BR and Mutvei H 2005. Freshwater bivalves tell of past climates: But how clearly do shells from polluted rivers speak? Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 228, 43-57.

(29) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Hickson J and Oschmann W 2005. Reconstruction of subseasonal environmental conditions using bivalve mollusk shells – a graphical model. GSA, Special Papers 395, 21-31.

(28) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Dunca E, Mutvei H, Baier S and Fiebig J 2005. Scandinavian climate since the late 18th century reconstructed from shells of bivalve mollusks. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften 156, 501-516.

(27) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Pfeiffer M, Pohlmann T and Siegismund F 2005. A seasonally resolved bottom water temperature record for the period of AD 1866-2002 based on shells of Arctica islandica (Mollusca, North Sea). International Journal of Climatology 25, 947–962.

(26) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Houk SD, Freyre Castro AD, Fiebig J, Kröncke I, Dreyer W and Oschmann W 2005. Daily growth rates in shells of Arctica islandica: Assessing subseasonal environmental controls on a long-lived bivalve mollusk. Palaios 20, 78-92.

(25) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Freyre Castro AD, Fiebig J, Houk SD, Oschmann W and Kröncke I 2004. Sea surface water temperatures over the period 1884-1983 reconstructed from oxygen isotope ratios of a bivalve mollusk shell (Arctica islandica, southern North Sea). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 212, 215–232.

(24) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Dunca E, Mutvei H and Norlund U 2004. A 217-year record of summer air temperature reconstructed from freshwater pearl mussels (M. margarifitera, Sweden). Quaternary Science Reviews 23, 1803–1816 + 2057.

(23) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Oschmann W, Tanabe K, Dettman D, Fiebig J, Houk SD and Kanie Y, 2004. Holocene seasonal environmental trends at Tokyo Bay, Japan, reconstructed from bivalve mollusk shells - implications for changes in the East Asian monsoon and latitudinal shifts of the Polar Front. Quaternary Science Reviews 23, 1137–1150.

(22) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Goodwin DH, Flessa KW, Téllez-Duarte MA, Dettman DL, Schöne BR and Avila-Serrano GA, 2004. Detecting time-averaging and spatial mixing using oxygen isotope variation: A case study. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 205, 1–21.

(21) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Dettman DL, Flessa KW, Roopnarine PD, Schöne BR and Goodwin DH, 2004. The use of oxygen isotope variation in shells of estuarine mollusks as a quantitative record of seasonal and annual Colorado River discharge. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68, 1253–1263.

(20) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Oschmann W, Kröncke I, Dreyer W, Janssen R, Rumohr H, Houk SD, Freyre Castro AD, Dunca E and Rössler J, 2003. North Atlantic Oscillation dynamics recorded in shells of a long-lived bivalve mollusk. Geology 31, 1037–1040.

(19) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Kröncke I, Houk SD, Freyre Castro AD and Oschmann W, 2003. The cornucopia of chilly winters: ocean quahog (Arctica islandica L., Mollusca) master chronology reveals bottom water nutrient enrichment during colder winters (North Sea). Senckenbergiana Maritima 32, 165–175.

(18) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Flessa KW, Dettman DL and Goodwin DH, 2003. Upstream dams and downstream clams: Growth rates of bivalve mollusks unveil impact of river management on estuarine ecosystems (Colorado River delta, Mexico). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 58, 715–726.

(17) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Goodwin DH, Schöne BR and Dettman DL, 2003. Resolution and fidelity of oxygen isotopes as paleotemperature proxies in bivalve mollusk shells: models and observations. Palaios 18, 110–125.

(16) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Tanabe K, Dettman DL and Sato S, 2003. Environmental controls on shell growth rates and δ18O of the shallow-marine bivalve mollusk Phacosoma japonicum in Japan. Marine Biology 142, 473–485.

(15) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, 2003. A ‘clam-ring’ master-chronology constructed from a short-lived bivalve mollusc from the northern Gulf of California, USA. The Holocene 13, 39–49.

(14) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR and Bentley D, 2002. Use of HMDS (hexamethyldisilazane) to dry organic microstructures in etched bivalve mollusk and barnacle shells. The Nautilus 116, 25–31.

(13) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Lega J, Flessa KW, Goodwin DH and Dettman DL, 2002. Reconstructing daily temperatures from growth rates of the intertidal bivalve mollusk Chione cortezi (northern Gulf of California, Mexico). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 184, 131–146.

(12) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Goodwin DH, Flessa KW, Dettman DL and Roopnarine PD, 2002. Sclerochronology and growth of the bivalve mollusks Chione (Chionista) fluctifraga and C. (Chionista) cortezi in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico. The Veliger 45, 45–54.

(11) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR and Schweingruber FH, 2001. Dendrochronologische Untersuchungen zur Verwaldung der Alpen am Beispiel eines inneralpinen Trockentals (Ramosch, Unterengadin, Schweiz). Botanica Helvetica 111, 151–168.

(10) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Goodwin DH, Flessa KW, Schöne BR and Dettman DL, 2001. Cross-calibration of daily growth increments, stable isotope variation, and temperature in the Gulf of California bivalve mollusk Chione cortezi: implications for environmental analysis. Palaios 16, 387–398.

 (9) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR and Schweingruber FH, 1999. Verzwergte Laubhölzer: anatomische und morphologische Besonderheiten sowie ökologische Bedeutung. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen 150, 132–141; Zurich.

 (8) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, 1999. Scleroecology: Implications for ecotypical dwarfism in oxygen-restricted environments (Middle Devonian, Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Senckenbergiana lethaea 79, 35–41.

 (7) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, 1998. Anatomy, morphology, physiology and ecological significance of dwarfed trees. Proc. Int. Conf. Dendrochron. Environ. Trends, Eurodendro 98, June17-21, 98, Kaunas, Lithuania: 209–218; Kaunas.

 (6) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR and Langenstrassen F 1998. Die ‘Bonzeler Grenzschicht’ im Typusprofil bei Lennestadt (Eifel/Givet-Stufe, Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Geologica et Palaeontologica 32, 127–139.

 (5) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, Basse M and May A, 1998. Korrelationen des Eifelium/Givetium-Grenzbereichs im Rheinischen Schiefergebirge. Senckenbergiana lethaea 77, 233–242.

 (4) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, 1997. Der otomari-Event und seine Auswirkungen auf die Fazies des Rhenoherzynischen Schelfs (Devon, Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Göttinger Arbeiten zur Geologie und Paläontologie 70, 1–140.

 (3) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR and Schubert M, 1996. Gekrümmte Dacryoconariden aus der Odershausen-Formation (Mittel-Devon; “Blauer Bruch”, Bad Wildungen, Ense). Senckenbergiana lethaea 76, 121–131.

 (2) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, 1996. Allochrone Variationen bei Nowakia (Nowakia) ex gr. otomari Bouček & Prantl 1959 (Dacryoconarida, Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Neues Jahrbuch zur Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1996, 651–671.

 (1) get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR, 1996. Viriatellina holochlidana n.sp. aus der Oderhausen-Formation von Bad Wildungen (Dacryoconarida, Mittel-Devon, Kellerwald). Neues Jahrbuch zur Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1996, 161–168.

 

 

Other publications: 

(3) Schöne BR 2011. Muschelschalen als Archive: Neue Einblicke in Klima und Umwelt der Vergangenheit. FOSSILIEN 28, 335-345.

(2) Zirkel J and Schöne BR 2010. Fossile Funde aus dem Kasseler Meeressand. Hessen Archäologie 2009, Jahrbuch für Archäologie und Paläontologie in Hessen. Konrad Theiss Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart 2010, 18-19.

(1)get abstract of this paper as pdf file Schöne BR and Nunn EV 2010. 2nd International Sclerochronology Conference, 24-28th July 2010 – Program and Abstracts. Terra Nostra 2010/3, 174 pp, Berlin (ISSN 0946-8978).

 

 

Conference contributions

 

Oral presentations held at international meetings (presenter: bold):

(73) Irvine GV, Hallmann N, Schöne BR, Burchell M, Cokelet ED, Hilton MR and Schaaf JM, 2012. Application of a bivalve growth temperature model to improve understanding of the Alaska Coastal Current: from the present to the past to the future. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 20-24, 2012, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

(72) Wacker U, Fiebig J and Schöne BR, 2011: “Sample size affects 13C-18O clumping in CO2 derived from phosphoric acid digestion of carbonates.” American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, 5-9 December 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA.
 

(71) Burchell M, Cannon A, Hallmann N and Schöne BR, 2011: "Linking high precision seasonal inference with structures of site use on the central coast of British Columbia." Society for American Archaeology 76th Annual Meeting, 30 March - 3 April 2011, Sacramento, CA, USA.

(70) Nunn EV, Price GD and Schöne BR, 2010: "Belemnite sclerochronology: a new technique for understanding ontogeny and ecology." 54th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, 17-20 December 2010, Ghent, Belgium.

(69) Schöne BR, Wanamaker AD Jr, Fiebig J, Thébault J and Kreutz KJ, 2010: "Annually resolved oceanic carbon dynamics in the temperate North Atlantic during recent centuries." AGU Fall Meeting, December 13-17, 2010, San Francisco, CA, USA.

(68) Schöne BR, Wanamaker AD Jr, Fiebig J, Thébault J and Kreutz KJ, 2010: "Annually resolved δ13Cshell chronologies of long-lived bivalve mollusks (Arctica islandica) reveal oceanic carbon dynamics in the temperate North Atlantic during recent centuries." GeoDarmstadt 2010, October 10-13, 2010, Darmstadt, Germany.

(67) Burchell M, Cannon A, Hallmann N, Schöne BR and Martindale A, 2010: "Understanding ancient shellfish use in British Columbia, Canada through high-resolution sclerochronology and oxgyen isotope profiles." 2nd International Sclerochronology Conference, ISC2010, Mainz, Germany, 24-28 July 2010.

(66) Jacob DE, Soldati AL, Schöne BR, Bianchi MM and Hajduk A, 2010: "Climate signals in shells of Diplodon chilensis patagonicus bivalves, Northern Patagonia, Argentina." 2nd International Sclerochronology Conference, ISC2010, Mainz, Germany, 24-28 July 2010.

(65) Johnson ALA, Schöne BR and Chenery SRN, 2010: "Influences on the trace-element content of freshwater bivalve shells." 2nd International Sclerochronology Conference, ISC2010, Mainz, Germany, 24-28 July 2010.

(64) Lohmann G, Brey T, Lomovasky B and Schöne BR, 2010: "Marine biological proxies and climate circulation: methods and applications." Keynote.  2nd International Sclerochronology Conference, ISC2010, Mainz, Germany, 24-28 July 2010.

(63) Thébault J, Schöne BR, Chauvaud L, Hallmann N, Richard M, Barth M, Nunn EV and Bassoullet C, 2010: "Investigation of Li/Ca ratio temporal variations in shells of two marine bivalves: Arctica islandica (Iceland) and Pecten maximus (France)." 2nd International Sclerochronology Conference, ISC2010, Mainz, Germany, 24-28 July 2010.

(62) Schöne BR, Zhang Z, Radermacher P, Thébault J, Jacob DE, Nunn EV and Maurer A-F, 2010: "Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios of ontogenetically old, long-lived bivalve shells (Arctica islandica) and their function as paleotemperature proxies." 2nd International Sclerochronology Conference, ISC2010, Mainz, Germany, 24-28 July 2010.

(61) Hallmann N, Burchell M, Schöne BR and Maxwell D, 2010: "Life history traits of the bivalve mollusk Saxidomus gigantea from the coast of British Columbia: Insights for paleoclimate and archaeological applications." European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2010, 2-7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria.

(60) Nunn EV, Price GD and Schöne BR, 2010: "High-resolution stable isotope (oxygen and carbon) sclerochronology in belemnites: implications for Early Cretaceous seasonality." European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2010, 2-7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria.

(59) Radermacher P, Schöne BR, Nunn EV and Zhang Z, 2010: "Sr heterogeneity in Arctica islandica shells and the potential use of Sr/Ca ratios as paleotemperature proxies." European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2010, 2-7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria.

(58) Burchell M, Hallmann N, Schöne BR, Martindale A, Cannon A and Schwarcz HP, 2010: "Improving seasonality estimates at shell midden sites: A case study from British Columbia using high-resolution isotope sclerochronology." 43rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association, 28 April - 2 May 2010. Calgary, AB, Canada.

(57) Peters D, Maurer A-F, Knipper C, von Freeden U, Schöne B and Alt KW, 2010: "The interdisciplinary BMBF-Langobards project: archaeology, geology, isotope research - Migrations in Prehistory and Early History. Stable Isotopes and Population Genetics. New Answers to Old Questions?" International Conference: Migrations In Prehistory And Early History, March 24-26, 2010, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

(56) Williams M, Nelson AE, Smellie JL, Leng MJ, Jarram DR, Johnson ALA, Haywood AM, Peck VL, Zalasiewicz J, Bennett C and Schöne BR, 2009: "A mollusc for all seasons: high fidelity climate records of the Weddell Sea during a warm interval of the Early Pliocene." 53rd Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, 13–16 December 2009, University of Birmingham, UK.

(55) Knipper C, Peters D., Maurer A-F, Meyer C, Brauns M, Klaus S, von Freeden U, Lüth F, Schöne B, Bemmann J, Dresely V and Alt KW, 2009: "The Langobards’ migration: An isotope case study from early medieval central Europe. Project conception and first results". 8. Internationaler Kongress der Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, München, Germany, 15.-18. September 2009. Abstract published in Bulletin der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Anthropologie 14: 16 (2008).

(54) Hetzinger S, Halfar J, Zack T, Simon K, Kronz A, Adey W, Lebednik PA, Steneck RS and Schöne BR, 2009: "High-resolution analysis of trace elements in encrusting coralline red algae by laser ablation ICP-MS." AGU Joint Assembly, 24-27 May 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada.

(53) Burchell M, Hallmann N, Schöne BR and Schwarcz HP, 2009: "Improving the precision of seasonality estimates in bivalves using high-resolution sclerochronology and oxygen isotope analysis: A case study from the Pacific Northwest Coast." Developing International Geoarchaeology, 28-30 May 2009. Hamilton, ON, Canada.

(52) Hetzinger S, Halfar J, Zack T, Simon K, Kronz A, Adey W, Lebednik PA, Steneck RS and Schöne BR, 2009: "High-resolution analysis of trace elements in encrusting coralline red algae by laser ablation ICP-MS." European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2009, 19-24 April 2009, Vienna, Austria.

(51) Wanamaker AD Jr, Kreutz KJ, Introne DS and Schöne BR, 2008: "Reconstructing paleo-seasonality and ocean climate from the geochemistry of bivalve shells: a case study from the Gulf of Maine, USA." American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 15-19, San Francisco, CA.

(50) Johnson A, Bird A, Hickson J, Schöne B, Balson P, Heaton T and Williams M, 2008: "Bivalve sclerochronology and climate change: evidence of global warmth and fluctuating oceanic heat supply from the Pliocene of the southern North Sea Basin." Palaeontological Association – 52nd Annual Meeting (Univ. Glasgow, 18-21 December 2008), Abstracts, 26.

(49) Hallmann N, Burchell M, Schöne BR and Maxwell D, 2008. "Life history traits of the bivalve mollusk Saxidomus giganteus from the coast of British Columbia: Insights for paleoclimate and archaeological applications." Geological Society of America (GSA) – Joint Annual Meeting 2008, Houston, TX/USA, 5-9 Oct. 2008.

(48) Schöne BR, Wanamaker AD, Fiebig J, Thébault J and Kreutz KJ, 2008: "Shells of Arctica islandica suggest sluggish response of temperate North Atlantic to rise of anthropogenic CO2." Geological Society of America (GSA) – Joint Annual Meeting 2008, Houston, TX/USA, 5-9 Oct. 2008.

(47) Meier [Hallmann] N, Schöne BR, Strom A and Fiebig J, 2008: "Sclerochronological and isotope (δ18O) analyses of Panopea abrupta (bivalve mollusk) shells from Protection Island (Washington, USA)." EGU General Assembly 2008, 13-18 April 2008, Vienna, Austria.

(46) Schöne BR, 2008: "Summer air temperature reconstructions over 1717-1992 AD based on freshwater pearl mussels from midden deposits of Northern Europe" Society for American Archaeology 73rd Annual Meeting, 27-30 Mar 2008, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

(45) Schöne BR, 2008: "Reading the A. islandica growth record: What are the techniques and challenges?" Arctica islandica Workshop Meeting, 25-28 Mar 2008, Gregynog Hall, Wales, UK.

(44) Hetzinger S, Halfar J, Kronz A, Steneck R, Adey W, Lebednik PA and Schöne BR, 2008:"High-resolution Mg/Ca ratios in crustose coralline red algae from the subarctic North Pacific – a record of past climate variability." EGU General Assembly 2008, 13-18 April 2008, Vienna, Austria.

(43) Johnson ALA, Bird A, Schöne BR, Hickson JA, Heaton THE and Balson PS, 2008: "Inference of Pliocene marine temperature and other variables through bivalve sclerochronology." EGU General Assembly 2008, 13-18 April 2008, Vienna, Austria.

(42) Brey T, Ivany LC, Schöne B, Buick DP and Schue J, 2007: "Do fossil bivalve shells from Seymour Island (Antarctic peninsula) provide evidence for Eocene El Niño?" 1st International Sclerochronology Conference, 27-32 July 2007, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.

(41) Johnson ALA, Bird A, Schöne BR, Hickson J, Heaton T and Balson P, 2007: "Stable-isotope and microgrowth-increment variation in shells of the Queen Scallop from cool- and warm-temperate settings." 1st International Sclerochronology Conference, 27-32 July 2007, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.

(40) Rodland DL, Schöne BR, Baier S, Zhang Z, Dreyer W and Page NA, 2007: "Changes in gape frequency and thermal tolerance in the freshwater bivalves Anodonta cygnea and Margaritifera falcata." 1st International Sclerochronology Conference, 27-32 July 2007, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.

(39) Schöne BR and Fiebig J, 2007: "Seasonality in the North Sea during selected climate transitions (Allerod and Late Medieval Climate Optimum) – bivalve sclerochronology (Arctica islandica)." 1st International Sclerochronology Conference, 27-32 July 2007, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.

(38) Wanamaker AD Jr, Kreutz KJ, Introne DS, Schöne BR, Richardson C, Scourse J and Borns HW, 2007: "The seasonal timing of annual growth increments in the shells of the bivalve Arctica islandica (ocean quahog): A circum North Atlantic perspective using oxygen isotopes." 1st International Sclerochronology Conference, 27-32 July 2007, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.

(37) Halfar J, Steneck R, Schöne BR, Moore GWK, Joachimski M, Kronz A, Fietzke J & Estes J, 2007: "Coralline alga reveals first marine record of subarctic North Pacific climate change." European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2007, Vienna, Austria.

(36) Schöne BR, 2007: "The curse of physiology: Challenges and chances of isotope sclerochronology." PAGES Workshop, Stable Isotopes in Archaeological Midden Shells: High-Resolution Paleoclimatic & Paleoenvironmental Archives, 10-13 July 2007, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

(35) Surge D, Fenger T, Schöne B and Milner N, 2006: "Controls on shell δ18O of the European limpet, Patella vulgata: a new archive for late Holocene climate change." Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting Philadelphia 2006, Abstracts with Programs 38, 378.

(34) Dunca E, Söderberg H, Norrgrann O, Mutvei H and Schöne BR, 2006: "Shell growth in juvenile Margaritifera margaritifera from northern Sweden." International Congress on Bivalvia, Barcelona, Spain, 22-27 July 2006; Org. Divers. Evol. 6, Electro. Suppl. 16, 28.

(33) Borowski C, Schöne BR, Koschinsky A and Giere O, 2006: "A biological time measure for a hydrothermal system in the North Fiji Basin (Pacific Ocean) – linking population structures to phase-separation controlled venting patterns." European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2006, Vienna, Austria, 02 – 07 April 2006.

(32) Wanamaker AD, Kreutz KJ, Schöne BR, Introne DS and Feindel S, 2006: "Ocean climate variability in the Gulf of Maine, USA during the Modern and the Medieval Warm Periods based on oxygen and carbon isotope profiles and growth histories of the long-lived ocean quahog (Arctica islandica)." American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 20-24 Feb. 2006.

(31) Baier SM, Schöne BR, Fiebig J, Dunca E and INCREMENTS Research Team, 2006: "Land-sea interactions in the North Atlantic Sector - stories from freshwater pearl mussels." American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 20-24 Feb. 2006.

(30) Schöne BR and INCREMENTS Research Group, 2006: "Decadal climate variability in the North Atlantic during the Holocene -- new insights from bivalve mollusks (Arctica islandica)." American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 20-24 Feb. 2006.

(29) Schöne BR, 2006: "Clockwork mollusks (?) - Physiological activity and growth increment patterns of bivalves." Casiopeia Kick-Off Meeting, IfM-Geomar, Kiel, Germany, 24.-26. Jan. 2006.

(28) Rüggeberg A, Dullo W-Chr, Eisenhauer A, Fietzke J, Freiwald A, Schöne BR and Andersen N, 2005: "Isotope screening on Lophelia pertusa (L.) – reconstruction of temperature vs. growth rate." 3rd International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals - Science and Management, November 28 - December 2, 2005, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Miami, Florida, USA.

(27) Schöne BR, Page NA, Rodland DL, Fiebig J, Baier SM, Helama S and Oschmann W, 2005: "Freshwater bivalve mollusks (Margaritifera falcata) as monitors of ecosystem health." Climate and Fisheries - Impacts, uncertainties and responses of ecosystems and communities, Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network, Victoria, BC/Canada, 26-28 Oct. 2005.

(26) Schöne BR, Page NA, Rodland DL, Fiebig J, Baier SM, Helama S and Oschmann W, 2005: "Precipitation and ENSO records (1959-2004) based on shells of freshwater bivalve mollusks (Margaritifera falcata) from British Columbia." Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, 16-19 Oct. 2005.

(25) Baier SM, Schöne BR, Dunca E, Fiebig J and Rodland DL, 2005: "Touched by man: Bivalve shells (Margaritifera margaritifera, L.) as archives for anthropogenic forcing of the climate." Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, 16-19 Oct. 2005.

(24) Rodland DL, Schöne BR, Helama S, Nielsen JK, Baier S and Dreyer W, 2005: "A clockwork mollusk: Investigating the relationship between shell activity and subdaily growth increments in the freshwater bivalve Anodonta cygnea." Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, 16-19 Oct. 2005.

(23) Nielsen JK, Schöne BR, Strom A, Helama S, Rodland DL and Baier S, 2005: "Geoducks (Panopea abrupta) as archives of seasonality and multidecadal oscillation in the North Pacific climate." Geological Society of London, Oct. 3-4, 2005.

(22) Baier SM, Schöne BR and Fiebig J, 2005: "Changes in Climate Variation: Swedish Pearl Mussels as Climate Archives by the Use of Sclerochronology and Geochemistry." Bio System Earth Sphere Coupling, Geologische Vereinigung and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, Annual Meeting, September 24-29, 2005 Erlangen, Germany.

(21) Rodland DL and Schöne BR, 2005: "Time-lapse photographic records of shell activity in bivalve mollusks: implications for microgrowth increments as proxies for biological rhythms and environmental conditions." Geophysical Research Abstracts 7, #04581, EGU Vienna, April 24-29, 2005.

(20) Schöne BR, Fiebig J, Pfeiffer M, Oschmann W and INCREMENTS team, 2005: "Climate oscillations and trends in the North Atlantic during the last 500 years recorded in shells of Arctica islandica." Geophysical Research Abstracts 7, #02943, EGU Vienna, April 24-29, 2005. (invited)

(19) Schöne BR, Fiebig J, Gleß R, Oschmann W, Dreyer W, Pfeiffer M and Dunca E, 2004: "Climate records from shells of a long-lived bivalve mollusk (Arctica islandica, North Atlantic)." Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 7-10 Nov. 2004.

(18) Schöne BR, 2004: "Bivalve(d) Methusalehs: High-resolution and multi-proxy recorders of climate change." Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft, Göttingen, 2-7 Oct. 2004.

(17) Schöne BR, Fiebig J, Oschmann W, Dreyer W, Dunca E and Kröncke I, 2004: "Climate records from long-lived bivalve mollusks (Arctica islandica, North Atlantic)." GeoLeipzig 2004, Leipzig, 28 Sep - 1 Oct 2004.

(16) Schöne BR, Fiebig J, Oschmann W, Dreyer W, Dunca E and  Kröncke I, 2004: "Long-term Environmental Records From Shells of Ocean Quahogs (Arctica islandica, Bivalvia, NE Atlantic)." American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, USA, 26.-30. Jan. 2004, EOS Trans. AGU, 84(52), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS51I-07, 2003.

(15) Dunca E, Mutvei H, Westermark T, Schöne BR, Timm H and Slepukhina T, 2004: "Environmental Biomonitoring Using Freshwater Bivalve Shells." American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, USA, 26.-30. Jan. 2004, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(52), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS51I-06, 2003.

(14) Schöne BR, Oschmann W, Kröncke I, Dreyer W, Janssen R, Tuerkay M, Rumohr H, Freyre Castro AD, Dunca E and Houk SD, 2004: "A 245-Year NAO Proxy Record from Ocean Quahogs (Bivalvia) in the Northeast Atlantic and North Sea." Quaternary Research Association, Annual Meeting, Annually-banded records in the Quaternary, Bangor, Wales, 6-9 January 2004.

(13) Schöne BR, Oschmann W, Kröncke I,  Dreyer W, Janssen R, Tuerkay M, Rumohr H, Houk SD, Freyre Castro AD and Dunca E, 2003: "A 245-year NAO record from Ocean Quahogs (Bivalvia, NE Atlantic, North Sea)." Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 2-5 Nov. 2003.

(12) Schöne BR, Tanabe K, Dettman DL and Kanie Y, 2002: "Tokyo, 6.6 – 3.7K years ago: cool & dry summers, warm winters – marine bivalve shells reconstruct seasonal climate and environmental conditions." Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Denver/CO, USA, 27-30 Oct. 2002.

(11) Schöne BR, Tanabe K, Dettman DL and Kanie Y, 2002: "Shells of the shallow-marine bivalve, Phacosoma japonicum, reconstruct mid-Holocene seasonal climate conditions in Japan." 1st International Palaeontological Congress, Sydney, Australia, 6-10 July 2002.

(10) Schöne BR, Flessa KW and Oschmann W, 2001: "Clam-ring master chronologies: a new method for high-resolution environmental reconstruction." Terra Nostra, Schriften der Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung 01/6: 106; Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft und der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, Oldenburg, Germany, 17-21 Sep. 2001.

 (9) Schöne BR, Flessa KW, Goodwin DH and Dettman DL, 2001: "Do clams like dams? Effects of river discharge on growth rates in marine bivalve mollusks as revealed by sclerochronological and stable isotope techniques." Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 14: 187; Gemeinsames Jahrestreffen der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft e.V. (DGG) und der Geologischen Vereinigung e.V. (GV), Kiel, Germany, 2-6 Oct. 2001.

 (8) Schöne BR, 2001: "Clam-ring time-series: a new method for high-resolution environmental reconstruction." Western Society of Malacologists, San Diego, CA.

 (7) Schöne BR, 2001: "Clam-ring time series: a new method for high-resolution environmental reconstruction." North American Paleontological Association, San Francisco, CA.

 (6) Goodwin DH, Flessa KW, Schöne BR and Dettman DL, 2001: "Detecting sub-decadal to annual time-averaging: a new method using annual isotopic profiles and schlerochronological analysis." North American Paleontological Association, San Francisco, CA.

 (5) Flessa KW, Dettman DL, Schöne BR, Rodriguez C, Goodwin DH, Tellez-Duarte M, Avila-Serrano G, Kowalewski M and Goodfriend G, 2001: "Putting the dead to work: Constructing a paleoecological baseline to assess the environmental impact of upstream dams on the Colorado River." Annual Meeting, American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 18, 2001, Abstract no. 30239.

 (4) Flessa KW, Dettman DL, Schöne BR, Rodriguez C, Goodwin DH, Tellez-Duarte M, Avila-Serrano G, Kowalewski M and Goodfriend G, 2001: "New uses for the dead: reconstructing baseline conditions on the Colorado Delta." Annual meeting, Society for Conservation Biology, Hilo, HI, July 2001.

 (3) Goodwin DH, Schöne BR, Flessa KW and Dettman DL, 2000: "Almost weather: High-resolution sclerochronological calibration of isotopic variation in a bivalve mollusk." Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Reno NV, 32: A298.

 (2) Schöne BR, Goodwin DH, Flessa KW and Dettman DL, 2000: "Effects of river discharge on growth rates in marine bivalve mollusks." Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Reno NV, 32: A298-A299.

 (1) Schöne BR, 1997: "Der otomari-Event auf dem Rhenoherzynischen Schelf (nördliches Rechtsrheinisches Schiefergebirge)." Terra nostra 97/6, 107; 67. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft, Daun, 24 Sep. 1997.

 

 

 Poster presentations with published abstracts

(35) Schöne BR, Radermacher P and Zhang Z 2012: „Crystal fabrics and element impurities (Sr, Mg, Ba) in bivalve shells – implications for paleoclimate reconstructions.” AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 20-24, 2012, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

(34) Schöne BR, Radermacher P, Zhang Z and Holland HA, 2011: “Crystal fabrics and element impurities (Sr, Mg, Ba) in bivalve shells – Implications for paleoclimate reconstructions.” AGU Fall Meeting, December 5-9, 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA.

(33) Nunn EV, Price GD and Schöne BR, 2010: "Seasonality of Early Cretaceous temperatures recorded in subtropical to Arctic belemnites." 54th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, 17-20 December. 2010, Ghent, Belgium.

(32) Nunn EV, Price GD and Schöne BR, "Sclerochronological analysis of the Early Cretaceous Boreal Realm belemnite Arcroteuthis lateralis." 2nd International Sclerochronology Conference, ISC2010, Mainz, Germany, 24-28 July 2010.

(31) Maurer A-F, Knipper C, Galer S, Beierlein L, Peters D, von Freden U, Alt KW and Schöne BR, 2010: "Strontium isotope ratios of bivalve shells and tree cores in past migration studies." 2nd International Sclerochronology Conference, ISC2010, Mainz, Germany, 24-28 July 2010.

(30) Radermacher P, Schöne BR, Gischler E, Oschmann W, Thébault J and Fiebig J, 2010: "Sclerochronology - a highly versatile tool for mariculture and reconstruction of life history traits of the queen conch, Strombus gigas (Gastropoda)." European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria.

(29) Kirchhefer AJ, Ambrose W, Carroll M, Hald M, Helama S, Husum K and Schöne BR. "Late-Holocene climate and ocean variability from tree-rings and high-resolution marine archives in North Norway." Geophysical Research Abstracts 11, EGU2009-6371-2, EGU General Assembly 2009.

(28) Tanabe K, Schöne BR and Miyaji T, 2007. Environmental controls on daily shell growth of Phacosoma japonicum (Bivalvia: Veneridae) from Japan. 1st International Sclerochronology Conference, 27-32 July 2007, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.

(27) Oshrin J, Surge D, Schöne B and Walker KJ, 2007. Environmental variations preserved in shells of the southern quahog clam (Mercenaria campechiensis), SW Florida. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting Philadelphia 2007, Abstracts with Programs 38, 488.

(26) Clark GR II and Schöne BR, 2007. Temperature effects on shell growth patterns in Mercenaria mercenaria at various latitudes along the U.S. Atlantic coast. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting Philadelphia 2007, Abstracts with Programs 38, 66.

(25) Fenger TL, Surge DM, Schoene BR, Carter JG and Milner N, 2006. A tale of two limpets (Patella vulgata and Patella stellaeformis): Evaluating a new proxy for late Holocene climate change in coastal areas. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, 11–15 December 2006, San Francisco, CA, USA.

(24) Dunca E, Mutvei H, Schöne BR and Baden S, 2006. Retrospective environmental biomonitoring using Arctica islandica shells: comparison of different analytical techniques. American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 20-24 Feb. 2006.

(23) Baier SM, Schöne BR, Dunca E, Mutvei H and Fiebig J, 2005. Geophysical Research Abstracts 7, #02943, EGU Vienna, April 24-29, 2005.

(22) Giere O, Schöne BR and Fiebig J, 2004. Microgrowth patterns and shell isotope ratios of the deep-sea hydrothermal vent bivalve mollusk Bathymodiolus brevior from the North Fiji Basin, Pacific Ocean. Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 7-10 Nov. 2004.

(21) Schöne BR, Dunca E, Mutvei H and Norlund U, 2004. A 217-year record of summer air temperature reconstructed from freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera, Sweden). GeoLeipzig 2004, Leipzig, 28 Sep - 1 Oct 2004.

(20) Schöne BR, Pfeiffer M, Pohlmann T and Siegesmund, 2004. Seasonally resolved sub-sea surface temperature record (AD 1866–2002, North Sea) based on shells of bivalve mollusks (Arctica islandica).” VIII. International Conference on Paleoceanography, Biarritz, France, 6-10 September 2004.

(19) Schöne BR, Dunca E, Mutvei H and Norlund U, 2004. A 217-year record of summer air temperature reconstructed from freshwater pearl mussels (M. margarifitera, Sweden). Quaternary Research Association, Annual Meeting, Annually-banded records in the Quaternary, Bangor, Wales, 6-9 January 2004.

(18) Schöne BR, Freyre Castro AD, Pohlmann T, Fiebig J, Kröncke I, Dreyer W  and Oschmann W, 2003. A 114-year record of spring-summer surface water temperature based on oxygen isotope ratios across bivalve mollusk shells, Arctica islandica (North Sea). Second JCOMM Workshop on Advances in Marine Climatology (CLIMAR-II), Belgium, Brussels, 17-22 November 2003.

(17) Schöne BR, Kröncke I, Dreyer W, Oschmann W, Fiebig J, Houk SD and Freyre Castro AD, 2003. A 250-year record of the winter North Atlantic Oscillation Index and bottom water temperatures during springtime based on Arctica islandica shells (Bivalvia, North Sea and NE Atlantic). Earth Science into the 3. Millenium: Methods, Materials, Mechanisms, Joint Meeting of the DMG, GV & DGeophG, Bochum, Germany, 21-25 September 2003.

(16) Freyre Castro AD, Schöne BR, Pohlmann T, Fiebig J, Kröncke I, Dreyer W and Oschmann W, 2003. A 142-year record of seasonal bottom-water temperature and food availability based on stable isotopes across bivalve mollusk shells, Arctica islandica (North Sea). Earth Science into the 3. Millenium: Methods, Materials, Mechanisms, Joint Meeting of the DMG, GV & DGeophG, Bochum, Germany, 21-25 September 2003.

(15) Degen D, Schöne BR, Fiebig J, Oschmann W, Dreyer W and Freyre Castro AD, 2003. Growth rates and δ18O of the marine bivalve mollusks Astarte sp. and Spisula solida (North and Baltic Seas) as proxies for environmental change. Earth Science into the 3. Millenium: Methods, Materials, Mechanisms, Joint Meeting of the DMG, GV & DGeophG, Bochum, Germany, 21-25 September 2003.

(14) Houk SD, Schöne BR, Freyre Castro AD, Dunca E, Mutvei H, Oschmann W and Fiebig J, 2003. Arctica islandica as an ultra-high-resolution biomonitor: daily records of temperature and food variability in the central North Sea. Earth Science into the 3. Millenium: Methods, Materials, Mechanisms, Joint Meeting of the DMG, GV & DGeophG, Bochum, Germany, 21-25 September 2003.

(13) Freyre Castro AD, Schöne BR, Houk SD, Fiebig J and Oschmann W, 2003. North Atlantic Oscillation Dynamics recorded in bivalve mollusk shells, Arctica islandica. Gordon Research Conference, Chemical Oceanography, August 10-15, 2003, Tilton School, Tilton, NH, USA.

(12) Schöne BR, Kröncke I, Houk SD, Freyre Castro AD and Oschmann W, 2003. Paleoecological/climatological studies using Ocean Quahog shells (Arctica islandica, Mollusca; North Sea): High-resolution records of water temperature and food availability. Geophysical Research Abstracts 5, Abstract Nr. 06238.

(11) Schöne BR, Tanabe K, Dettman DL and Sato S, 2002. Environmental controls on shell growth rates and δ18O of the shallow-marine bivalve mollusk Phacosoma japonicum in Japan. Paleontological Society of Japan, Annual Meeting.

(10) Dettman DL, Flessa KW, Schöne BR, Goodwin DH, Rodriguez CA, Noggle SK, Cintra-Buenrostro CE, Rowell K and Taylor T-SA, 2002. Ecologies and environments of the Pre-Dam Colorado River Delta. International Conference on the Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies, April 29-May 1, 2002, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

 (9) Schöne BR, Flessa KW, Goodwin DH and Dettman DL, 2001. Do clams like dams? Effects of river discharge on growth rates in marine bivalve mollusks as revealed by sclerochronological and stable isotope techniques. Terra Nostra, Schriften der Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung 01/6: 207; Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft und der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, Oldenburg, Germany, September 17-21.

 (8) Schöne BR, Flessa KW and Oschmann W, 2001. Clam-ring master chronologies: a new method for high-resolution environmental reconstruction. Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 14: 187-188; Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft e.V. (DGG) and the Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (GV), Kiel, Germany, October 2-6, 2001.

 (7) Schöne BR and Schweingruber FH, 2001. Dendrochronological studies of natural reforestation and landscape development processes (Ramosch, Lower Engadine, Switzerland). Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 14: 188; Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft e.V. (DGG) and the Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (GV), Kiel, Germany, October 2-6, 2001.

 (6) Schöne BR and Dettman DL, 2001. Trees of the sea – “Clam”-Ring Chronologies. International Conference on the Future of Dendrochronology; Davos, Switzerland, Sept. 22-26, 2001: 189; ISBN 3-905620-96-0.

 (5) Schöne BR and Schweingruber FH, 2001. Dendrochronological studies of natural reforestation and landscape development processes (Ramosch, Lower Engadine, Switzerland). International Conference on the Future of Dendrochronology; Davos, Switzerland, Sept. 22-26, 2001: 191; ISBN 3-905620-96-0.

 (4) Schöne BR and Flessa KW, 1999. Sclerochronology and high resolution ecological reconstruction of a bivalve mollusk. Abstracts and Programs, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Denver CO 31: A461-462.

 (3) Schöne BR and Basse M, 1998. Neue stratigraphische Gliederung des marinen Mittel-Devon im Eifel/Givet-Grenzbereich (Rechtsrheinisches Schiefergebirge). GeoBerlin98, Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der DGG und PG.

 (2) Schöne BR and Schweingruber, FH, 1998. Dwarfed trees: ecological significance, morphology and anatomy. Eurodendro 98, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania, 1998.

 (1) Schöne BR, 1997. Der otomari-Event und das Rechtsrheinische Neritikum. 149. Hauptversammlung Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft, Schriftenreihe DGG 2, 102-103.

 

 

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