Reconstructing skeletal fiber arrangement and growth mode in the coral Porites lutea (Cnidaria, Scleractinia): A confocal Raman microscopy study

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4885-4895

  Wall, M ^a,b   Nehrke, G ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GROWTH; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MATRIX; MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84880829625     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4885-2012     Document Type: Article

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