David Goodwin at Denison University took the lead on
setting this up:
The sclerochronological community is pleased to announce the
Sclerochronology Listserve. This listserve is a discussion list for all
those interested in the field of sclerochronology. It exists to promote
electronic communication among sclerochronologists (AKA: biologists,
ecologists, geologists, and oceanographers). While intended primarily for
professionals and students, the sclerochronology listserve welcomes
participation and input from all those interested in the field.
What, you ask, is sclerochronology? Well...
Sclerochronology is the study of physical and chemical variations in the
accretionary hard tissues of organisms, and the temporal context in which
they formed. Sclerochonology focuses primarily upon growth patterns
reflecting annual, monthly, fortnightly, tidal, daily, and sub-daily
increments of time entrained by a host of environmental and
astronomical pacemakers. Familiar examples include daily banding in reef
coral skeletons or annual growth rings in mollusk shells. Sclerochronology
is analogous to dendrochronology, the study of annual rings in trees, and
equally seeks to deduce organismal life history traits as well as to
reconstruct records of environmental and climatic change through space and
time.
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