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

M Amado-Filho, Gilberto; L Moura, Rodrigo; C Bastos, Alex; T Salgado, Leonardo; Y Sumida, Paulo; Z Guth, Arthur; B Francini-Filho, Ronaldo; H Pereira-Filho, Guilherme; P Abrantes, Douglas; S Brasileiro, Poliana; G Bahia, Ricardo; N Leal, Rachel; Kaufman, Les; A Kleypas, Joanie; Farina, Marcos; L Thompson, Fabiano

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035171

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

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Gilberto M Amado-Filho

Rodrigo L Moura

Alex C Bastos

Abstract

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. Geogra...

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