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COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL
Volume 3, Issue 6-7, Pages 535-547Publisher
EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2004.07.013
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fish otoliths; endolymph; ions; organic matrix; otolith growth; calcification process
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Otoliths are composed of 99% CaCO3 in the aragonite form which is deposited daily onto an organic matrix. The mineralisation process takes place in an acellular medium, the endolymph, which is secreted by the inner-ear epithelium. The present review is mostly devoted to ionic and organic endolymph components (concentration and spatial distribution) in relation to otolith growth, with a special interest to the ionic supply from plasma to endolymph and to the biochemical relationships between endolymph and otolith matrix.
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