Bryozoans are among a diverse range of invertebrates capable of secreting calcium carbonate skeletons. Relatively little is known about biomineralization in bryozoans, despite the importance of ...

Calcareous tubes of the polychaete family Serpulidae are composed of magnesian calcite, aragonite, or mixtures of these two minerals. Mineralogy is controlled principally by generic factors, but may ...

For many years, the structure of natural shell samples has attracted a great deal of interest from Material Scientists as well as Researchers in the Biological Sciences field [1]. The reason for this ...

Living colony of the cheilostome bryozoan Myriapora truncata, one of the species Museum scientists are using in their research on the effects of ocean acidification Focus: investigating the timing of ...

For an oyster growing a shell, a food scientist striving for the perfect ice cream, or a pharmaceutical operator isolating a drug, crystallization is king. Even though the crystal growth process is ...

A University of Sydney student has developed a completely new way to peer inside coral fossils to recover lost records of past climate change. In collaboration with the Australian Nuclear Science and ...

A healthy coral reef with both hard corals and softer-bodied relatives at Chinchorro Reef in the Mexican Caribbean Sea. (Photo courtesy of David Paz-Garcia) Changes in ocean chemistry and temperature ...