Dataset Identified

Gulf of Mexico coral and otolith radiocarbon curve

Identified On: Dec 20 2024 19:38 UTC
UDI: F3.x304.000:0002
Project Information

Funded By:
Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence Program

Funding Cycle:
FLRACEP 3

Research Group:
Tissue Clocks: New Methods for Ageing and Decoding Sea Turtle Life Histories

Point of Contact

Hannah Vander Zanden
University of Florida
hvz@ufl.edu

Abstract:

In the 1950s and 1960s, nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific Ocean resulted in an atmospheric spike of radiocarbon (14C), which has become a useful tracer in aging applications. Here, we have compiled available Δ14C data collected from corals and fish otoliths in the Gulf of Mexico.