Calcite and aragonite distributions in the skeletons of bimineralic bryozoans as revealed by Raman spectroscopy

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-97

  Taylor, Paul D ^a   Kudryavtsev, Anatoliy B ^b   Schopf, J William ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avicularia; Biomineralization; Cheilostomata; Morphology

Indexed keywords

BRYOZOA; CHEILOSTOMATIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PENTAPORA FOLIACEA; STYLOPOMA;

EID: 40749151901     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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