Growth Cessation Marks as Event-Scale Environmental Archives: Insights from Bivalve Shell <em>Mercenaria mercenaria</em> in Inner Tokyo Bay

WANG JINGZHUO

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[E] Oral

B (Biogeosciences ) » B-PT Paleontology

[B-PT03] Biomineralization, Geochemistry, and Environmental Studies

Wed. May 27, 2026 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Exhibition Hall Special Setting (5) (Exhibition Hall 7&8, Makuhari Messe)

Chairperson:Hirose Kotaro(Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo), Toyofuku Takashi(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)), Heinz Petra(University of Vienna, Department of Palaeontology), de Nooijer Jan Lennart(Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research)

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

[BPT03-04] Growth Cessation Marks as Event-Scale Environmental Archives: Insights from Bivalve Shell Mercenaria mercenaria in Inner Tokyo Bay

*WANG JINGZHUO¹, Naoko Murakami-Sugihara², Kotaro Shirai³, Kentaro Tanaka⁴, Kei Sato⁵, Toyoho Ishimura⁶, Mahiro Yumiba³, Kozue Nishida¹ (1. Institute of Science Tokyo, 2. Marine Ecology Research Institute, 3. The Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 4. Tokyo City University, 5. Kanazawa University, 6. Kyoto University)

Keywords:Bivalve mollusk, Shell chronology, Stable isotopes, Growth cessation mark, Environmental proxy