Stable amorphous calcium carbonate is the main component of the calcium storage structures of the crustacean Orchestia cavimana

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-274

  Raz, Sefi ^a   Testeniere, Olivier ^b   Hecker, Arnaud ^b   Weiner, Steve ^a   Luquet, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTACEAN;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; ORCHESTIA; ORCHESTIA CAVIMANA;

EID: 0242669200     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543569     Document Type: Article

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