Coral calcification: Autoradiography of a scleractinian coral Galaxea fascicularis after incubation in 45Ca and 14C

Coral Reefs

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-47

  Marshall, A T ^a   Wright, A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Biomineralisation; Calcification; Coral; Freeze s ubstitution

Indexed keywords

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CALCIFICATION; CORAL;

GALAXEA FASCICULARIS;

EID: 0031944496     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050092     Document Type: Article

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