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Mechanical properties of echinoderm skeleton as a function of its chemical composition (Mg/Ca): taphonomic and paleobiological perspectives

2020/37/B/ST10/01460

Keywords:

echinoderms stereom magnesium biomineralization

Descriptors:

  • ST10_008:
  • ST10_015:
  • ST10_004:

Panel:

ST10 - Earth sciences: Earth system science, atmospheric sciences, climatology, geochemistry, geodesy, geoecology, geophysics, physical geography, geoinformatics, planetary geology, pedology, mining, chemical and physical oceanology, environmental protection

Host institution :

Instytut Paleobiologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Przemysław Gorzelak 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: OPUS 19 - announced on 2020-03-16

Amount awarded: 584 678 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2021-02-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-10-31

Project duration:: 45 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. A Devonian crinoid with a diamond microlattice
    Authors:
    Przemysław Gorzelak, Dorota Kołbuk, Jarosław Stolarski, Paweł Bącal, Bartłomiej Januszewicz, Piotr Duda, Dorota Środek, Tomasz Brachaniec, Mariusz A. Salamon
    Academic press:
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (rok: 2023, tom: 290, strony: 20230092), Wydawca: The Royal Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1098/rspb.2023.0092 - link to the publication
  2. Calcium-rich seawater affects the mechanical properties of echinoderm skeleton
    Authors:
    Przemysław Gorzelak, Jarosław Stolarski, Paweł Bącal, Philippe Dubois, Dorota Kołbuk
    Academic press:
    Communications Earth & Environment (rok: 2024, tom: 5, 467, strony: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01609-y), Wydawca: Nature Portfolio
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s43247-024-01609-y - link to the publication
  3. Geochemical signatures and nanomechanical properties of echinoid tests from nearshore habitats of Florida: Environmental and physiological controls on echinoid biomineralization
    Authors:
    Przemysław Gorzelak, Luis Torres, Dorota Kołbuk, Tobias Grun, Michał Kowalewski
    Academic press:
    PeerJ (rok: 2025, tom: 13, strony: e18688), Wydawca: PeerJ
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.7717/peerj.18688 - link to the publication