A step towards measuring connectivity in the deep sea: elemental fingerprints of mollusk larval shells discriminate hydrothermal sites
V. Mouchi, C. Pecheyran, F. Claverie, C. Cathalot, M. Matabos, Y. Germain, O. Rouxel, D. Jollivet, T. Broquet, T. Comtet
The paper uses elemental fingerprinting of mollusk larval shells to determine their origin across hydrothermal sites in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, achieving a 70% classification success rate.
bioRxiv · Jan 3, 2023Ecology