Metal-induced malformations in early Palaeozoic plankton are harbingers of mass extinction

Glacial episodes have been linked to Ordovician–Silurian extinction events, but cooling itself may not be solely responsible for these extinctions. Teratological (malformed) assemblages of fossil plankton that correlate precisely with the extinction events can help identify alternate drivers of exti...

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Autores principales: Vandenbroucke, Thijs R. A., Emsbo, Poul, Munnecke, Axel, Nuns, Nicolas, Duponchel, Ludovic, Lepot, Kevin, Quijada, Melesio, Paris, Florentin, Servais, Thomas, Kiessling, Wolfgang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4560756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26305681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8966

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4560756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26305681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8966

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