RELATIVE COST OF PRODUCING SKELETAL ORGANIC MATRIX VERSUS CALCIFICATION - EVIDENCE FROM MARINE GASTROPODS
RELATIVE COST OF PRODUCING SKELETAL ORGANIC MATRIX VERSUS CALCIFICATION - EVIDENCE FROM MARINE GASTROPODS
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DOI：
10.1007/bf00406014
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发表时间：
1983-01-01
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影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
PALMER, AR
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作者：
PALMER, AR
Rates of shell regenerationin 15 sp. from all 3 suborders of prosobranch gastropods [Archeogastropoda: Collisella digitalis, Diodora aspera, Homolapoma luridum, Tegula funebralis, T. pulligo; Mesogastropoda: Littorina scutulata, L. sitkana, Opalia chacei; and Neogastropoda: Amphissa columbiana, Ceratostoma foliatum, Ocenebra interfossa, O. lurida, Searlesia dira, Thais emarginata, T. lamellosa] were related inersely to percent organic matrix of the shell. Since the gastropods in these experiments were not fed and therfore forced to rely upon stored energy reserves while regenerating, this inverse relationship suggests that the production of skeletal organic matrix is more demanding metabolically than the crystallization of calcium carbonate. Such a relationship between the organic and inorganic components of carbonate skeletons may help explain the evolutiontary loss of skeletal microstructures with a high percent organic matrix in several major invertebrate groups.
