Occurrence of mineralization disturbances in nacreous layers of cultivated pearls produced by Pinctada margaritifera var. cumingi from French Polynesia. Comparison with reported shell alterations

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-193

  Cuif, Jean Pierre ^a   Dauphin, Yannicke ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0001398629     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:1996022     Document Type: Article

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