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Mineralogical approaches to the study of biomineralization in fish otoliths

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

S. Melancon ,
B. J. Fryer ,
J. E. Gagnon  and
S. A. Ludsin
S. Melancon*
Affiliation:
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
B. J. Fryer
Affiliation:
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
J. E. Gagnon
Affiliation:
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4, Canada
S. A. Ludsin
Affiliation:
Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 1314 Kinnear Rd., Columbus, Ohio 43212, USA
*
*E-mail: seniamelancon@yahoo.com
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Abstract

This paper highlights new research on the biomineralization of otoliths and uses a mineralogical approach to understand mechanisms of crystal growth and metal incorporation into otoliths. Petrographic observations of the nucleation of otolith growth in the core for several fish species reveals that sagittal otoliths appear to nucleate around a few or many nucleation sites (primordia) and that these sites vary in size (ranging in diameter from 1 to 20 μm), depending on the species. Spectroscopic data show a large Mn-enrichment in the primordia within the core but the reasons for this enrichment are still unclear (e.g. organic matter or possibly another material other than CaCO3). This study also provides the first multi trace-element data for endolymph fluid and the growing otolith; we found large enrichments (Ca and Sr) and depletions (Na, K, Zn and Rb) of elements in the otolith relative to the endolymph. The last part of this paper examines the effect of crystal structure on the microchemistry ofotoliths. Our investigation helps understand how the chemical characteristics of the metal ions (i.e. ionic radii) and the crystalline structure interact to cause differential trace-metal uptake between the CaCO3 polymorphs, aragonite and vaterite.

Keywords

otolithstrace metalsendolymphnucleationbiomineralizationCaCO3 polymorphs
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 72 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 627 - 637
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2008

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