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The skeletal ultrastructure of scleractinian corals

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University of California, Santa Cruz, 1986 - Nature - 342 pages

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Contents

1 Schematic Diagram of Axial Corallite
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1 AD The Axial Corallite
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2 AF Septa
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acicular Acropora palmata allochems aragonite fiber bundles axial corallite axis Barbados black arrows bleached branches Ca++ calcium regulation calicoblastic ectoderm cantilevered breaks centers of calcification cervicornis Chamberlain 1978 Constantz 1986 coral skeleton corallum dark streaks diagenesis diagenetic diffuse Diploria dissolution dissolved aragonite fibers elastic modulus electron microscopy equant crystals exoskeleton fasciculi field width fracture functions Fungiina Gladfelter 1982 grain boundaries granular growth indicates intragranular marine cements material mechanical mesoglea microarchitecture microns MN/m molluscan morphologies nacre neomorphism non-zooxanthellate nuclear packets nucleate organic matrix organic skeletal matrix orientation palmata partially dissolved aragonite petrographic thin sections phreatic plane Plate polycrystalline aragonite fiber polyps porosity precipitation prolifera radial rates reef saturation scanning electron micrograph scleractinian scleractinian corals sea water seed nuclei packets septa septal tips skeletal microarchitecture skeletal porosity skeletal strength species specimen stress concentrations structural surface energy synapticulae tensile strength tensile stress tension tissue total surface area trabecular axes Wainwright 1963 zooxanthellae

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TitleThe skeletal ultrastructure of scleractinian corals
AuthorBrent Constanz
PublisherUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, 1986
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedNov 30, 2010
Length342 pages
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Corals
Nature / Marine Life
Scleractinea
Scleractinia
  
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