mudas de carapaças

English translation: shell sheddings

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Portuguese term or phrase:mudas de carapaças
English translation:shell sheddings

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Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / estuários e rios
Portuguese term or phrase: mudas de carapaças
O fito e o zooplâncton desempenham o papel mais importante no ciclo biogeoquímico dos elementos-traços, ....mas também porque podem redistribuir os elementos-traços através da submersão de estruturas esqueléticas planctônicas, detritos orgânicos, resíduos fecais, mudas de carapaças (exoesqueletos) de crustáceos e migrações verticais.
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shell sheddings
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1crustacean molts
Beatriz Baker Méio
3shell sheddings
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Summary of reference entries provided
molting / moulting/ ecdysis / shedding the outer shell (exoskeleton)
andres-larsen

  

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crustacean molts


Explanation:
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Crustacean molts are chitinous structures that are shed routinely as organisms mature from one stage to the next


    Reference: http://wrjdeoa.aslo.net/books/ecodas9/ecodas9_049.pdf
Beatriz Baker Méio
United States
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shell sheddings


Explanation:
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https://www.google.com/search?q="shell sheddings"&newwindow=...

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
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Reference: molting / moulting/ ecdysis / shedding the outer shell (exoskeleton)

Reference information:
BMLSS: Crustacea: moulting, changing shells
www.glaucus.org.uk/Ecdysis.htm
Eventually, the crab grows too big and it has to shed its old hard shell. ... A new soft exoskeleton forms underneath the old outer shell, and the calcium is ...

Aquaculture Science - Page 204 -
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1435488121
Rick Parker, Ph.D. - 2011 - ‎Science
rowing crustaceans must shed their hard outer shell—the exoskeleton. This process is called “molting” or“ecdysis.”The exoskeleton is made primarily of ...

Moulting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulting
In biology, moulting or molting (/ˈmoʊltɪŋ/; see spelling differences), also known as ... (often, but not always, an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of the year, or at .... In arthropods, such as insects, arachnids and crustaceans, moulting is the shedding of the exoskeleton (which is often called its shell), typically ...

Exoskeleton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoskeleton
An exoskeleton (from Greek ἔξω, éxō "outer" and σκελετός, skeletos ... Calcium carbonates constitute the shells of molluscs (see Mollusc shell), ... A true exoskeleton, like that found in arthropods must be shed (moulted) when it is outgrown.

The Seafood Industry: Species, Products, Processing, and ...
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1118229533
Linda Ankenman Granata, ‎George J. Flick, Jr., ‎Roy E. Martin - 2012 - ‎Technology & Engineering
One feature that all crustaceans have in common is their hard outer shell and the need ... Prior to shedding, a new shell begins forming underneath the old one.

andres-larsen
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