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Research article
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14 Oct 2022
Research article |
| 14 Oct 2022
| 14 Oct 2022
Evaluation of the distributions of hydroxylated glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in Holocene Baltic Sea sediments for reconstruction of sea surface temperature: the effect of changing salinity
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, P.O. Box 59, 1790AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.021, 3508TA Utrecht, the Netherlands
Lisa A. Warden
Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, P.O. Box 59, 1790AB Den Burg, the Netherlands
Carlo Berg
Departments of Biological Oceanography and Marine Geology, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), Seestraße 15, 18119 Rostock, Germany
present address: Public Health Agency of Sweden, Nobels väg 18, Solna 17182 Stockholm, Sweden
Klaus Jürgens
Departments of Biological Oceanography and Marine Geology, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), Seestraße 15, 18119 Rostock, Germany
Matthias Moros
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Departments of Biological Oceanography and Marine Geology, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), Seestraße 15, 18119 Rostock, Germany
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- Evaluation of bacterial membrane lipids (3-hydroxy fatty acids and branched GDGTs) as environmental proxies in lakes of the French Alps and southern Chile S. Ke et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2026.105138
- Impact of anaerobic methanotrophic archaeal input on hydroxylated isoprenoid GDGT-derived temperatures P. Fenies et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2026.105213
- Reviews and syntheses: Best practices for the application of marine GDGTs as proxy for paleotemperatures: sampling, processing, analyses, interpretation, and archiving protocols P. Bijl et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-6465-2025
- Machine learning-based paleobathymetric reconstructions using archaeal lipid biomarkers J. Zhou et al. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz3284
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- Molecular to macrofossils indicating last millennium sea level in Lavsa saltpans, Croatia B. Bechor et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2024.10.002
- An unusual occurrence of hydroxylated isoprenoid GDGTs in forest soils Y. Man et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104540
- Impact of non-thermal variables on hydroxylated GDGT distributions around Iceland D. Harning & J. Sepúlveda https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1430441
- Assessing GDGT-derived (sub)surface temperature proxies in Arctic fjord sediments: A 14 kyr record from the Kongsfjorden Trough, Svalbard J. Kim et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.114070
- Evaluating isoprenoidal hydroxylated GDGT-based temperature proxies in surface sediments from the global ocean D. Varma et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.12.019
- Biomarker characterization of the North Water Polynya, Baffin Bay: implications for local sea ice and temperature proxies D. Harning et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-229-2023
- Tracking postglacial palaeoceanographic change of the Baltic Sea Basin using Osmium isotopes: Transition between the freshwater Ancylus Lake and the marine/brackish Littorina Sea E. Ownsworth et al. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836261432434
- Hydroxylated GDGTs-0 in marine methane seep environments: A putative indicator for archaeal methanogenesis H. Guan et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2024.104862
- Controls on the composition of hydroxylated isoprenoidal glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (isoGDGTs) in cultivated ammonia-oxidizing Thaumarchaeota D. Varma et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4875-2024
- Sources and implications of hydroxylated isoprenoid GDGTs on the northwest shelf of Australia through the Pliocene-Pleistocene era Y. He et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.121975
- The Thai-Malay Peninsula environmental changes following the 8.2 ka event based on multi-proxy analysis of a peat swamp core from southern Thailand J. Sae-Lim et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112987
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- Impact of terrestrial organic matter input on distributions of hydroxylated isoprenoidal GDGTs in marine sediments: Implications for OH-isoGDGT-based temperature proxies D. Varma et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2025.105010
- Evaluation of bacterial membrane lipids (3-hydroxy fatty acids and branched GDGTs) as environmental proxies in lakes of the French Alps and southern Chile S. Ke et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2026.105138
- Impact of anaerobic methanotrophic archaeal input on hydroxylated isoprenoid GDGT-derived temperatures P. Fenies et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2026.105213
- Reviews and syntheses: Best practices for the application of marine GDGTs as proxy for paleotemperatures: sampling, processing, analyses, interpretation, and archiving protocols P. Bijl et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-6465-2025
- Machine learning-based paleobathymetric reconstructions using archaeal lipid biomarkers J. Zhou et al. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz3284
- Archaeal community composition in Holocene methane pockmarks of the Gdańsk Basin (Baltic Sea, Poland): insights from tetraether lipids and 16S rRNA analysis I. De Mey-Śnieżyńska et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-4485-2026
- Molecular to macrofossils indicating last millennium sea level in Lavsa saltpans, Croatia B. Bechor et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2024.10.002
- An unusual occurrence of hydroxylated isoprenoid GDGTs in forest soils Y. Man et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104540
- Impact of non-thermal variables on hydroxylated GDGT distributions around Iceland D. Harning & J. Sepúlveda https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1430441
- Assessing GDGT-derived (sub)surface temperature proxies in Arctic fjord sediments: A 14 kyr record from the Kongsfjorden Trough, Svalbard J. Kim et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.114070
- Evaluating isoprenoidal hydroxylated GDGT-based temperature proxies in surface sediments from the global ocean D. Varma et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.12.019
- Biomarker characterization of the North Water Polynya, Baffin Bay: implications for local sea ice and temperature proxies D. Harning et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-229-2023
- Tracking postglacial palaeoceanographic change of the Baltic Sea Basin using Osmium isotopes: Transition between the freshwater Ancylus Lake and the marine/brackish Littorina Sea E. Ownsworth et al. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836261432434
- Hydroxylated GDGTs-0 in marine methane seep environments: A putative indicator for archaeal methanogenesis H. Guan et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2024.104862
- Controls on the composition of hydroxylated isoprenoidal glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (isoGDGTs) in cultivated ammonia-oxidizing Thaumarchaeota D. Varma et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4875-2024
- Sources and implications of hydroxylated isoprenoid GDGTs on the northwest shelf of Australia through the Pliocene-Pleistocene era Y. He et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.121975
- The Thai-Malay Peninsula environmental changes following the 8.2 ka event based on multi-proxy analysis of a peat swamp core from southern Thailand J. Sae-Lim et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.112987
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Short summary
Reconstruction of past climate conditions is important for understanding current climate change. These reconstructions are derived from proxies, enabling reconstructions of, e.g., past temperature, precipitation, vegetation, and sea surface temperature (SST). Here we investigate a recently developed SST proxy based on membrane lipids of ammonium-oxidizing archaea in the ocean. We show that low salinities substantially affect the proxy calibration by examining Holocene Baltic Sea sediments.
Reconstruction of past climate conditions is important for understanding current climate change....
