Microstructural evolution and nanoscale crystallography in scleractinian coral spherulites

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-65

  Van de Locht, Renée ^a   Verch, Andreas ^a   Saunders, Martin ^b   Dissard, Delphine ^b,c   Rixen, Tim ^d   Moya, Aurélie ^c,e,f   Kröger, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^e LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Biomineralization; Crystallography; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; MINERAL; NANOCRYSTAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; SPHERULITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PORITES LOBATA; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARAGONITE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES LOBATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84879887657     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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