The mechanisms of larval calcification in the mussel, Mytilus edulis.

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Ramesh, Kirti (2018) The mechanisms of larval calcification in the mussel, Mytilus edulis. Open Access (PhD/ Doctoral thesis), Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 189 pp.

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Abstract

The mollusc shell is a composite biomineral consisting of calcium carbonate and an associated organic matrix. Biomineralisation in molluscs begins during early ontogenetic development, where larval calcification is characterized by rapid rates of mineral deposition. Despite these rapid rates of early calcification, no information exists on the mechanistic basis of larval shell formation. In this thesis, I use polarized light microscopy, in vivo confocal Raman microscopy as well as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to investigate the composition of the first larval shell (Prodissoconch I, PD I) in Mytilus edulis larvae

Document Type: Thesis (PhD/ Doctoral thesis)
Thesis Advisor: Melzner, Frank and Reusch, Thorsten B. H.
Additional Information: Tag der mündlichen Prüfung /Date of Disputation: Kiel, 25.01.2018 Zum Druck genehmigt /Approved for Print: Kiel, 25.01.2018
Keywords: Calcification, Larval, Mussel, Mytilus
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB3 Marine Ecology > FB3-EV Marine Evolutionary Ecology
OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB3 Marine Ecology > FB3-EOE-B Experimental Ecology - Benthic Ecology
Date Deposited: 16 Jan 2018 11:14
Last Modified: 12 Nov 2024 08:12
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/41475

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