Needle-like grains across growth lines in the coral skeleton of Porites lobata

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 389-393

  Motai, Satoko ^a   Nagai, Takaya ^a   Sowa, Kohki ^a   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sakamoto, Naoya ^a   Yurimoto, Hisayoshi ^a   Kawano, Jun ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATEM; Growth line; Porites sp.; Reef building coral; Skeletal growth process

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CORAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FIBER; NONHUMAN; PORITES LOBATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES; PORITES LOBATA;

EID: 84868475724     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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