Decline in Mesozoic reef-building sponges explained by silicon limitation

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6755, 1999, Pages 785-788

  Maldonado, Manuel ^a   Carmona, M Carmen ^a   Uriz, María J ^a   Cruzado, Antonio ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

BIOAVAILABILITY; MESOZOIC; REEF FORMATION; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIATOM; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONGE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033592605     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/44560     Document Type: Article

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