Ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across Baltica
The environments and food sources that sustained Ediacara biota 575-541 million years ago remain unclear. Here, the authors perform lipid biomarker and isotopic analyses on biota fossil-containing Ediacaran strata from Baltica and propose the presence of a microbial loop bolstered by bacteria.
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| author | Kelden Pehr Gordon D. Love Anton Kuznetsov Victor Podkovyrov Christopher K. Junium Leonid Shumlyanskyy Tetyana Sokur Andrey Bekker |
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| description | The environments and food sources that sustained Ediacara biota 575-541 million years ago remain unclear. Here, the authors perform lipid biomarker and isotopic analyses on biota fossil-containing Ediacaran strata from Baltica and propose the presence of a microbial loop bolstered by bacteria. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6bcac4b453b24fa0b4bad69b07e041c12022-12-21T21:35:20ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232018-05-019111010.1038/s41467-018-04195-8Ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across BalticaKelden Pehr0Gordon D. Love1Anton Kuznetsov2Victor Podkovyrov3Christopher K. Junium4Leonid Shumlyanskyy5Tetyana Sokur6Andrey Bekker7Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, RiversideDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of California, RiversideInstitute of Precambrian Geology and GeochronologyInstitute of Precambrian Geology and GeochronologyDepartment of Earth Sciences, Syracuse UniversityM.P. Semenko Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Ore Formation, National Academy of Sciences of UkraineInstitute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of UkraineDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of California, RiversideThe environments and food sources that sustained Ediacara biota 575-541 million years ago remain unclear. Here, the authors perform lipid biomarker and isotopic analyses on biota fossil-containing Ediacaran strata from Baltica and propose the presence of a microbial loop bolstered by bacteria.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04195-8 |
| spellingShingle | Kelden Pehr Gordon D. Love Anton Kuznetsov Victor Podkovyrov Christopher K. Junium Leonid Shumlyanskyy Tetyana Sokur Andrey Bekker Ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across Baltica Nature Communications |
| title | Ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across Baltica |
| title_full | Ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across Baltica |
| title_fullStr | Ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across Baltica |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across Baltica |
| title_short | Ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across Baltica |
| title_sort | ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across baltica |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04195-8 |
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