Growth bands in Pacific dogfish spines

Stuart R. Stock*, Victoria Cooley, Cindy Tribuzio, Luxi Li, Olga Antipova, Viktor Nikitin

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Abstract

Dogfish (Squalus spp.) possess one or two dorsal-fin spines located at the dorsal midline over the vertebral column. These spines are heavily mineralized, and surface bands of light and dark contrast are used in age determinations. The interior of the spine also contains growth bands visible via optical microscopy of thin sections, but the three-dimensional pattern of growth bands does not appear to have been quantitatively mapped nor has the microstructural origin of the band contrast been established. This paper reports synchrotron microComputed Tomography (microCT) results on spines of Squalus suckleyi. MicroCT was performed at beamline 2-BM of the Advanced Photon Source (APS). There are numerous parallel bands, and their contrast consists of varying (higher and lower) values of linear attenuation coefficient, similar to growth bands observed in other mineralized tissues including mammalian cementum and dentin. The microCT data are supplemented by x-ray excited x-ray fluorescence maps of a sectioned Pacific dogfish spine recorded at beamlines 8-BM and 2-ID-E, APS; of particular note are bands of high Zn content, something which has been found in growth bands in other mineralized tissues.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationDevelopments in X-Ray Tomography XIV
EditorsBert Muller, Ge Wang
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510654686
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
EventDevelopments in X-Ray Tomography XIV 2022 - San Diego, United States
Duration: Aug 22 2022Aug 24 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12242
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceDevelopments in X-Ray Tomography XIV 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period8/22/228/24/22

Funding

This research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility, operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. Argonne National Laboratory's work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under contract DE-AC02-06CH11357. Samples were provided by staff on the Alaska Fisheries Science Center annual groundfish longline survey.

Keywords

  • dogfish
  • growth bands
  • microCT
  • spines
  • x-ray fluorescence mapping

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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