Rhodolith beds are major CaCO 3 BIO-factories in the tropical south West Atlantic

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Amado Filho, Gilberto M ^a   Moura, Rodrigo L ^b   Bastos, Alex C ^c   Salgado, Leonardo T ^a   Sumida, Paulo Y ^d   Guth, Arthur Z ^d   Francini Filho, Ronaldo B ^e   Pereira Filho, Guilherme H ^f   Abrantes, Douglas P ^a   Brasileiro, Poliana S ^a   Bahia, Ricardo G ^a   Leal, Rachel N ^a   Kaufman, Les ^g   Kleypas, Joanie A ^h   Farina, Marcos ^b   Thompson, Fabiano L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENTHOS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CALCIUM CARBONATE PRODUCTION; CORALLINE ALGA; DIVING; ECHOLOCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDROLITHON RUPESTRE; LITHOPHYLLUM STICTAEFORME; LITHOTHAMNION CRISPATUM; MESOPHYLLUM ENGELHARTII; NEOGONIOLITHON BRASSICA; NONHUMAN; RADIOMETRIC DATING; REMOTE SENSING; RHODOLITH; RHODOLITH BED; SIDE SCAN SONAR; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPOROLITHON EPISPORUM; TROPICS; AQUATIC SPECIES; CORAL REEF; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RED ALGA; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CORAL REEFS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; RHODOPHYTA; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84859984850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035171     Document Type: Article

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