Devonian rise in atmospheric oxygen correlated to the radiations of terrestrial plants and large predatory fish

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Devonian rise in atmospheric oxygen correlated to the radiations of terrestrial plants and large predatory fish. / Dahl, Tais W.; Hammarlund, Emma U.; Anbar, Ariel D.; Bond, David P.G.; Gill, Benjamin C.; Gordon, Gwyneth W.; Knoll, Andrew H.; Nielsen, Arne Thorshøj; Schovsbo, Niels H.; Canfield, Donald E.

In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, Vol. 107, No. 42, 2010, p. 17911-17915.

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Dahl, TW, Hammarlund, EU, Anbar, AD, Bond, DPG, Gill, BC, Gordon, GW, Knoll, AH, Nielsen, AT, Schovsbo, NH & Canfield, DE 2010, 'Devonian rise in atmospheric oxygen correlated to the radiations of terrestrial plants and large predatory fish', National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, vol. 107, no. 42, pp. 17911-17915. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1011287107

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Dahl, T. W., Hammarlund, E. U., Anbar, A. D., Bond, D. P. G., Gill, B. C., Gordon, G. W., Knoll, A. H., Nielsen, A. T., Schovsbo, N. H., & Canfield, D. E. (2010). Devonian rise in atmospheric oxygen correlated to the radiations of terrestrial plants and large predatory fish. National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, 107(42), 17911-17915. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1011287107

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Dahl TW, Hammarlund EU, Anbar AD, Bond DPG, Gill BC, Gordon GW et al. Devonian rise in atmospheric oxygen correlated to the radiations of terrestrial plants and large predatory fish. National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 2010;107(42):17911-17915. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1011287107

Author

Dahl, Tais W. ; Hammarlund, Emma U. ; Anbar, Ariel D. ; Bond, David P.G. ; Gill, Benjamin C. ; Gordon, Gwyneth W. ; Knoll, Andrew H. ; Nielsen, Arne Thorshøj ; Schovsbo, Niels H. ; Canfield, Donald E. / Devonian rise in atmospheric oxygen correlated to the radiations of terrestrial plants and large predatory fish. In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 2010 ; Vol. 107, No. 42. pp. 17911-17915.

Bibtex

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title = "Devonian rise in atmospheric oxygen correlated to the radiations of terrestrial plants and large predatory fish",
abstract = "The evolution of Earth{\textquoteright}s biota is intimately linked to the oxygenationof the oceans and atmosphere. We use the isotopic compositionand concentration of molybdenum (Mo) in sedimentary rocksto explore this relationship. Our results indicate two episodes ofglobal ocean oxygenation. The first coincides with the emergenceof the Ediacaran fauna, including large, motile bilaterian animals,ca. 550–560 million year ago (Ma), reinforcing previous geochemicalindications that Earth surface oxygenation facilitated thisradiation. The second, perhaps larger, oxygenation took placearound 400 Ma, well after the initial rise of animals and, therefore,suggesting that early metazoans evolved in a relatively low oxygenenvironment. This later oxygenation correlates with the diversificationof vascular plants, which likely contributed to increasedoxygenation through the enhanced burial of organic carbon insediments. It also correlates with a pronounced radiation of largepredatory fish, animals with high oxygen demand. We therebycouple the redox history of the atmosphere and oceans to majorevents in animal evolution.",
author = "Dahl, {Tais W.} and Hammarlund, {Emma U.} and Anbar, {Ariel D.} and Bond, {David P.G.} and Gill, {Benjamin C.} and Gordon, {Gwyneth W.} and Knoll, {Andrew H.} and Nielsen, {Arne Thorsh{\o}j} and Schovsbo, {Niels H.} and Canfield, {Donald E.}",
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AU - Bond, David P.G.

AU - Gill, Benjamin C.

AU - Gordon, Gwyneth W.

AU - Knoll, Andrew H.

AU - Nielsen, Arne Thorshøj

AU - Schovsbo, Niels H.

AU - Canfield, Donald E.

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N2 - The evolution of Earth’s biota is intimately linked to the oxygenationof the oceans and atmosphere. We use the isotopic compositionand concentration of molybdenum (Mo) in sedimentary rocksto explore this relationship. Our results indicate two episodes ofglobal ocean oxygenation. The first coincides with the emergenceof the Ediacaran fauna, including large, motile bilaterian animals,ca. 550–560 million year ago (Ma), reinforcing previous geochemicalindications that Earth surface oxygenation facilitated thisradiation. The second, perhaps larger, oxygenation took placearound 400 Ma, well after the initial rise of animals and, therefore,suggesting that early metazoans evolved in a relatively low oxygenenvironment. This later oxygenation correlates with the diversificationof vascular plants, which likely contributed to increasedoxygenation through the enhanced burial of organic carbon insediments. It also correlates with a pronounced radiation of largepredatory fish, animals with high oxygen demand. We therebycouple the redox history of the atmosphere and oceans to majorevents in animal evolution.

AB - The evolution of Earth’s biota is intimately linked to the oxygenationof the oceans and atmosphere. We use the isotopic compositionand concentration of molybdenum (Mo) in sedimentary rocksto explore this relationship. Our results indicate two episodes ofglobal ocean oxygenation. The first coincides with the emergenceof the Ediacaran fauna, including large, motile bilaterian animals,ca. 550–560 million year ago (Ma), reinforcing previous geochemicalindications that Earth surface oxygenation facilitated thisradiation. The second, perhaps larger, oxygenation took placearound 400 Ma, well after the initial rise of animals and, therefore,suggesting that early metazoans evolved in a relatively low oxygenenvironment. This later oxygenation correlates with the diversificationof vascular plants, which likely contributed to increasedoxygenation through the enhanced burial of organic carbon insediments. It also correlates with a pronounced radiation of largepredatory fish, animals with high oxygen demand. We therebycouple the redox history of the atmosphere and oceans to majorevents in animal evolution.

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