Glass sponge reefs as a silicon sink

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 441, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-14

  Chu, Jackson W F ^a   Maldonado, Manuel ^b   Yahel, Gitai ^c   Leys, Sally P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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

^c RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aphrocallistes vastus; Glass sponge reef; Hexactinellida; Porifera; Silicon cycling; Strait of Georgia

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DISSOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; SILICON; SPONGE; SURVEY; WATER COLUMN;

STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

APHROCALLISTES VASTUS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; HEXACTINELLIDA; PORIFERA;

EID: 81255123313     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09381     Document Type: Article

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