Visualization of sub-daily skeletal growth patterns in massive Porites corals grown in Sr-enriched seawater

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-56

  Shirai, Kotaro ^a,b   Sowa, Kohki ^c   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^c   Sano, Yuji ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^d   Clode, Peta ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcification; Electron probe microanalysis; Scleractinian coral; Skeletogenesis; Strontium

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORAL; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PORITES AUSTRALIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES; PORITES AUSTRALIENSIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84866975310     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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