Assessing the Potential of Sponges (Porifera) as Indicators of Ocean Dissolved Si Concentrations

Assessing the Potential of Sponges (Porifera) as Indicators of Ocean Dissolved Si Concentrations

We explore the distribution of sponges along dissolved silica (dSi) concentration gradients to test whether sponge assemblages are related to dSi and to assess the validity of fossil sponges as a palaeoecological tool for inferring dSi concentrations of the past oceans. We extracted sponge records f...

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Main Authors: Belinda Alvarez, Patrick J. Frings, Wim Clymans, Guillaume Fontorbe, Daniel J. Conley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
sponge assemblages
palaeoecological indicators
spatial distribution
dissolved silica gradient
depth gradient
Si cycle
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00373/full

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