Morphological and chemical characterization of mineral concretions in the freshwater bivalve Anodonta cygnea (Unionidae)

The freshwater mussel Anodonta cygnea is commonly used as a model organism for biomineralization studies, its peculiar morphofunctional properties also make it an excellent environmental biomonitor. The first detailed on the calcareous concretions from gill and mantle tissue, as well as fluids of th...

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Main Author: Hinzmann, Mariana F. (author)
Other Authors: Lima, Manuel Lopes (author), Bobos, Iuliu (author), Ferreira, Jorge Amaral (author), Domingues, Bernardo (author), Machado, Jorge (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Biomineralização
Morfologia
Concreções
Calcificação
Bivalves
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/2663
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.lneg.pt:10400.9/2663

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/2663

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