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Otolith δ[sup 18]O Record of Mid-Holocene Sea Surface Temperatures in Peru.

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    • Subject Terms:
      OCEAN; SEA catfishes; CLIMATOLOGY
    • Abstract:
      Peruvian sea catfish (Galeichthys peruvianus) sagittal otoliths preserve a record of modem and mid-Holocene sea surface temperatures (SSTs). Oxygen isotope profiles in otoliths excavated from Ostra [6010 ± 90 years before the present (yr B.P.); 8°55′S] indicate that summer SSTs were ∼3°C warmer than those of the present. Siches otoliths (6450 ± 110 yr B.P.; 4°40′S) recorded mean annual temperatures ∼3° to 4°C warmer than were measured under modem conditions. Trophic level and population diversity and equitability data from these faunal assemblages and other Peruvian archaeological sites support the isotope interpretations and suggest that upwelling of the Peru-Chile current intensified after ∼5000 yr B.P. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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