Morphological and Crystallographic Transformation from Immature to Mature Coccoliths, Pleurochrysis carterae

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 801-809

  Saruwatari, Kazuko ^a,d   Nagasaka, Seiji ^b   Ozaki, Noriaki ^c   Nagasawa, Hiromichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Calcite; Coccolith; SEM EBSD

Indexed keywords

COCCOLITH; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TRANSFORMATIONS; ELECTRON BACKSCATTERED DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; GROWTH STAGES; INNER TUBES; INTERLOCKING STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; ORGANIC BASE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SEM OBSERVATION; SEM-EBSD; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BACKSCATTER; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; COCCOLITH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPTOPHYTA; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

HAPTOPHYTA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

HAPTOPHYCEAE; PLEUROCHRYSIS CARTERAE;

EID: 79960470566     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-010-9342-7     Document Type: Article

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