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Thomas Larsen
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Ecologist studying marine food webs, environmental change and spread of forever chemicals. Pioneering amino acid isotope research. #MarineEcology #StableIsotopes #Conservation #Anthropocene #ArcticScience #PFAS
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Archaeologists often look for chemical traces of burned dung to understand past human-animal interactions. But, how well do these biomarkers survive the fire? Our new study shows high heat destroys faecal biomarkers.
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Bile acids as biomarkers in carbonized archaeological sediment: Insights from dung burning experiments
Bile acids are increasingly used as fecal biomarkers for studying archeology, environmental pollution, paleoeconomy, and human-animal interactions. Exclusively synthesized by vertebrates, bile acids a...
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February 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Free resources for learning (and getting better with) R conservationbytes.com/2021/11/15/f...
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