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Inter- and intraspecific variability in the chemical composition of the mineral phase of cements from several tube-building polychaetes

Variabilité inter-et intraspécifique de la composition chimique de la phase minérale des ciments utilisés dans la construction du tube de plusieurs polychètes bioconstructeurs

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Several species of marine polychaetes reside in individual protective tubes. These tubes may be agglomerated in patches of varied sizes with very high densities, or form massive reef-like mounds which can be stretch over several kilometers. These polychaetes can thus be considered as the most important building organisms after corals in coastal environments. We especially focused on several species belonging to the families of Sabellariidae, Terrebeliidae and Pectinariidae. Tubes grains are glued together with biomineralized cement secreted from a building organ connected to specialized glands. Different methods of micro-analysis were used to analyze the biomineral components of these cements for four varyingly gregarious tube-building polychaetes: Lanice conchilega, Pectinaria koreni, Sabellaria alveolata and Phragmatopoma caudata. The aim of this study is to describe and compare the inter- and the intraspecific variability in the main biomineral components of cement at local, regional and continental scales. Scanning Electron Microscopy confirms an identical structure of the cement within species of Sabellariidae in Europe and America. Electron Probe Micro-Analysis (EPMA) confirms the presence of calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium plus traces of manganese in all cements, with varying concentrations of these elements at different locations for the same species or for different species at the same location. Finally, our dataset is compared with previous studies from literature.
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hal-00671738 , version 1 (18-11-2019)

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Jérôme Fournier, Samuel Etienne, Jean-Benoit Le Cam. Inter- and intraspecific variability in the chemical composition of the mineral phase of cements from several tube-building polychaetes. Geobios, 2012, 43 (2), pp.191-200. ⟨10.1016/j.geobios.2009.10.004⟩. ⟨hal-00671738⟩
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