Sponge contribution to the silicon cycle of a diatom-rich shallow bay
M. Lopez-Acosta, M. Maldonado, J. Grall, A. Ehrhold, C. Sitja, C. Galobart, A. Leynaert
This study quantifies silicon stocks and fluxes in sponges and diatoms in the Bay of Brest, finding that sponges hold much larger silicon stocks and cycle them much slower than diatoms.
bioRxiv · Oct 20, 2021Ecology