Parts of the mussel shell were first mounted in epoxy, then ground and polished for EBSD analysis, and finally finished with 5 minutes of colloidal silica polishing. Approximately ~ 5 nm of carbon was ...

Bivalves belonging to the subfamily Tridacnidae (the so-called ‘giant clams’) play an important ecological ... Microscopy (CLSM), and Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) to examine shell growth, ...