Stable isotopes prove shell growth bands in the Antarctic bivalve Laternula elliptica to be formed annually

Polar Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 465-468

  Brev, Thomas ^a   Mackensen, Andreas ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATERNULA ELLIPTICA;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANNUAL FORMATION; SHELL GROWTH BANDS;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, KING GEORGE ISLAND;

EID: 0030617729     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050143     Document Type: Article

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