Mineral fine structure of the American lobster cuticle

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 515-526

  Kunkel, Joseph G ^a   Nagel, Wolfram ^b   Jercinovic, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

American lobster; Bone; Calcite; Carbonate apatite; Electron microprobe; Epizootic shell disease; Homarus americanus; Ion flux; Scanning ion electrode technique; SIET; Unstirred layer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 84864627457     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/035.031.0211     Document Type: Article

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