Soft corals form aragonite-precipitated columnar spiculite in mesophotic reefs

Surveys conducted in Eilat’s upper mesophotic coral ecosystem (MCE) revealed protruding columnar calcareous structures with a Sinularia octocoral colony growing atop of each. The current study addressed the hypothesis that these colonies produce spiculites, and sought to determine (a) the spatial oc...

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Autores principales: Shoham, Erez, Prohaska, Thomas, Barkay, Zahava, Zitek, Andreas, Benayahu, Yehuda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6362064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30718658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37696-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6362064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30718658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37696-z

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