STRONTIUM LABELLING OF THE SHELL OF THE ANTARCTIC LIMPET NACELLA CONCINNA (STREBEL, 1908)

• Published in: Journal of Molluscan Studies
• Main Authors: PECK, LLOYD S., BAKER, ANDREW C., CONWAY, LUCY Z.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1996
• Subjects: Articles; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Nacella; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/62/3/315; https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/62.3.315

Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908) held in seawater enriched with Sr, partially replaced Ca in their shells with Sr The bands laid down were clearly visible In back-scattered, scanning electron microscope images, and such bands could be used to mark carbonate skeletons in field investigations of growt...