Characterization of the CaCO3 biomineral in coralline red algae (Corallinales) from the Pacific coast of Mexico;Caracterización del biomineral CaCO3 en algas rojas coralinas (Corallinales) de las costas del Pacífico Mexicano

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-58

  Fragoso, D ^a   Ramirez Cahero F ^b   Rodriguez Galvan A ^b   Hernandez Reyes R ^a   Heredia, A ^b   Rodriguez D ^a   Aguilar Franco, M ^a   Bucio, L ^a   Basiuk, V A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biomineral; Corallinales; Nanostructure; Rietveld method; Scanning tunneling microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; RED ALGA; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

CORALLINALES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 77950152305     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v36i1.1606     Document Type: Article

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