Identification of growth increments in the shell of the bivalve mollusc Arctica islandica using backscattered electron imaging

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-36

  Karney, G B ^a   Butler, P G ^b   Scourse, J D ^b   Richardson, C A ^b   Lau, K H ^a   Czernuszka, J T ^a   Grovenor, C R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFM; Arctica islandica; Backscattered; Microstructure; Mollusc; Scanning electron microscope

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRON SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

AFM; ARCTICA ISLANDICA; BACK-SCATTERED; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; BIVALVE MOLLUSCS; GEOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; GROWTH INCREMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRONS;

MOLLUSCS;

ARCTICA ISLANDICA; ARTICLE; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; ELECTRON; GROWTH; MOLLUSC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

ARCTICA ISLANDICA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 78650041626     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2010.03403.x     Document Type: Article

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