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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Main Authors: Kelden Pehr, Gordon D. Love, Anton Kuznetsov, Victor Podkovyrov, Christopher K. Junium, Leonid Shumlyanskyy, Tetyana Sokur, Andrey Bekker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04195-8
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spelling doaj-6bcac4b453b24fa0b4bad69b07e041c12021-05-11T10:32:11ZengNature Publishing GroupNature 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
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Anton Kuznetsov
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Leonid Shumlyanskyy
Tetyana Sokur
Andrey Bekker
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Gordon D. Love
Anton Kuznetsov
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Christopher K. Junium
Leonid Shumlyanskyy
Tetyana Sokur
Andrey Bekker
Ediacara biota flourished in oligotrophic and bacterially dominated marine environments across Baltica
Nature Communications
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Gordon D. Love
Anton Kuznetsov
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Tetyana Sokur
Andrey Bekker
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title 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_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
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publisher Nature Publishing Group
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publishDate 2018-05-01
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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