Rhodolith beds are major CaCO3 bio-factories in the tropical South West Atlantic.

Rhodolith beds are major CaCO3 bio-factories in the tropical South West Atlantic.

Rhodoliths are nodules of non-geniculate coralline algae that occur in shallow waters (<150 m depth) subjected to episodic disturbance. Rhodolith beds stand with kelp beds, seagrass meadows, and coralline algal reefs as one of the world's four largest macrophyte-dominated benthic communities...

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Main Authors: Gilberto M Amado-Filho, Rodrigo L Moura, Alex C Bastos, Leonardo T Salgado, Paulo Y Sumida, Arthur Z Guth, Ronaldo B Francini-Filho, Guilherme H Pereira-Filho, Douglas P Abrantes, Poliana S Brasileiro, Ricardo G Bahia, Rachel N Leal, Les Kaufman, Joanie A Kleypas, Marcos Farina, Fabiano L Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3335062?pdf=render

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