Ultrastructure and characteristics of eggshells of the olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) from Gahirmatha, India

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 261-267

  Sahoo, G ^a   Mohapatra, B K ^a,b   Sahoo, R K ^a   Mohanty Hejmadi, P ^a  

^a UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Eggshell; Element analysis; Lepidochelys olivacea; Physical properties; Turtle; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; EGG SHELL; INDIA; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; EGG SHELL; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; INDIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TURTLES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031019083     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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