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Photoacoustic determination of the thermal properties of bivalve mollusk shells

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We used the photoacoustic technique for characterization of the thermal properties of adult shells of American oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) and the mussel Ischadium recurvum (Rafinesque, 1820). Heat transport is more efficient in C. virginica than in I. recurvum shells, reflecting the different architecture, microstructure, and composition of the two kinds of shells.

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  1. Departamento de Física Aplicada, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios, Avanzados del IPN-Unidad Mérida, Carretera Antigua a Progreso. km. 6. Apdo, Postal 73 Cordemex, Mérida, 97310, Yucatán, Mexico

    O. Gómez-Martínez, P. Quintana, J. L. Pichardo & J. J. Alvarado-Gil

  2. Departamento de Recursos del Mar, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios, Avanzados del IPN-Unidad Mérida, Apdo, Postal 73 Cordemex, Mérida, 97310, Yucatán, Mexico

    D. Aldana-Aranda

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Communicated by P. W. Sammarco, Chauvin

Published online: 4 July 2002

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Gómez-Martínez, O., Aldana-Aranda, D., Quintana, P. et al. Photoacoustic determination of the thermal properties of bivalve mollusk shells. Marine Biology 141, 911–914 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-002-0880-z

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