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Environmental Impact on Mytilus Galloprovincialis Shells in the Coastal Zone of the Northern Adriatic, Croatia

The results of this study suggest changes in shell growth structure and isotopic, as well as chemical composition of Mytilus galloprovincialis shells due to anoxia in the coastal zone of the Northern Adriatic. The outer aragonitic stress layer of Mytilus galloprovincialis shells formed during pronounced summer anoxia is massive, pink coloured and out of oxygen and carbon isotopic equilibria. It also exibits higher C/O ratios relative to the uncoloured aragonitic layer precipitated during normal oxic conditions.

Mytilus galloprovincialis; biomineralization; stable isotopes; anoxia; Northern Adriatic

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