Sponge skeletons as an important sink of silicon in the global oceans

• Published in: Nature Geoscience
• Main Authors: Maldonado, Manuel, López-Acosta, María, Sitjà, Cèlia, García-Piug, Marta, Galobart, Cristina, Ercilla, Gemma, Leynaert, Aude
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biogeochemistry; Environmental sciences; Ocean sciences; Silicon; European Union; Horizon 2020; Deep-Sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: An integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation; SponGES; Grant Agreement No 679849; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0430-7

Silicon (Si) is a pivotal element in the biogeochemical and ecological functioning of the ocean. The marine Si cycle is thought to be in internal equilibrium, but the recent discovery of Si entries through groundwater and glacial melting have increased the known Si inputs relative to the outputs in...