...: Generation of a calcitic skeleton in the sea urchin larva is associated with low energetic costs even under acidified conditions. Biomineralization Citrate synthase Mitochondria Respiration rates Sea water acidification Strongylocentrotus purpuratus References Agnello , M...

... Biomineralization Mussel Mytilus californianus National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 IOS-1655529 Dr Earl H. Myers and Ethel M. Myers Oceanographic and Marine Biology Trust Many mollusks are equipped with a natural armor – a hard shell that defends...

... in the phase of CaCO 3 . Biomineralization Climate change Cuticle Calcite Amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) Crustacea Decapod crustaceans possess a multifunctional exoskeleton, which serves roles in feeding, defense, desiccation resistance and muscle attachment ( Meyers et al., 2013...

... responses, with increased expression of biomineralization-associated genes in the medium and high treatments throughout and complex changes in metabolic genes corresponding to both captivity and CO 2 treatment. Genes associated with other physiological processes such as lipid metabolism, neural function...

... © 2015. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2015 Summary: A novel protein from crayfish molar tooth is involved in calcium phosphate and carbonate precipitation and may prove important for bone and dental regeneration. Biomineralization Crustacean RNAi Calcium Hydroxyapatite...

..., respectively) and salinity (32 versus 16) on biomineralization, shell properties and energy metabolism of juvenile hard-shell clams. Low salinity had profound effects on survival, energy metabolism and biomineralization of hard-shell clams and modulated their responses to elevated P CO 2 . Negative effects...

..., the ecological success of this vital species may be tied to how ocean acidification proceeds in coming decades. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 9 5 2011 © 2011. 2011 biomineralization early survivorship environmental change form and function shell properties...

... of Biologists Limited 2004 2004 blue crab Callinectes sapidus biomineralization glycoprotein post-ecdysial cuticle alteration (PECA) Biomineralization typically requires heterogeneous nucleation by an organic matrix to lower the energy required for initial crystal formation (Boskey, 1996...

... the same cells. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 18 2 2004 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2004 2004 biomineralization calcium carbonate Crustacea epithelial H + transport epithelium Isopoda Porcellio scaber...

... Limited 2001 2001 aragonite biomineralization calcium calcium carbonate coral larva spicule. Calcitic biominerals are found in the majority of metazoans, where they provide structural support and protection. These calcitic biominerals range from hydroxyapatite crystals in vertebrates...

... of external seawater DIC was measured. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 29 08 2000 24 10 2000 © 2000 by Company of Biologists 2000 scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata biomineralization anion transport anion exchanger carbonic anhydrase...

... diffraction biomineralization It is known that the behaviour of a great variety of higher animals is influenced by changes in the local magnetic field within their environment ( Kirschvink, 1989 ; Wiltschko and Wiltschko, 1995 ). More specifically, it has been shown that some of them, including...

... (TBT), a component of antifouling painting known to interfere with biomineralization processes. Our results have shown that this xenobiotic significantly inhibits protein synthesis and the subsequent incorporation of protein into coral skeleton. This effect was correlated with a reduction in the rate...

... of some mollusks in that the elements are both less common and are not obviously incorporated in biominerals. High concentrations of zinc (about 1 % of dry mass) were reported in the jaws of polychaete worms by Bryan & Gibbs (1979) , using wet-ash analysis. These authors suggested that the zinc...

... that there is a critical window in development during which strontium is required for normal development. The role of strontium in biomineralization during embryogenesis is unknown, but it appears to be important in the Mollusca. 18 7 1988 © 1989 by Company of Biologists 1989 strontium embryonic...

... lattice images, showed that many of the particles were structurally well-ordered and crystallographically single-domain magnetite. These results imply that the production of the biomineral is under precise biological control. The crystal morphology was cubo-octahedral with the {111} faces of adjacent...