Lab work

LABORATORY ANALYSIS (LA-ICPMS) OF SCALLOPS

Laboratory analysis (LA-ICPMS) of scallops at the Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz (Germany). PhD student Kristina Križnjak working with dr. sc. Regina Mertz and prof. dr. sc. Bernd Schöne and using multispecies approach on three scallops collected in the northern Adriatic Sea – Pecten jacobaeus, Aequipecten opercularis and Flexopecten glaber.

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Growth increment analysis

Specimens of Callista chione collected in the italian part of the North Adriatic, Pag bay and Pašman channel were processed for growth increment analysis. Shells were embeded in epoxy resin, cut along a major axis of growth, ground, polished and acetate peels prepared.

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Stable isotope analysis

Samples of shell material for δ18O, δ13C and δ15N analysis were drilled in laboratory at the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries in Split and sent to analysis to our project team member Prof Bernd R. Schöne at the Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany and our collaborator Prof David Gillikin at the Union College, New York, USA.

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