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SUBMITTER: Krayesky-Self S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5377461 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krayesky-Self Sherry S Schmidt William E WE Phung Delena D Henry Caroline C Sauvage Thomas T Camacho Olga O Felgenhauer Bruce E BE Fredericq Suzanne S
Scientific reports 20170403
Rhodoliths are benthic calcium carbonate nodules accreted by crustose coralline red algae which recently have been identified as useful indicators of biomineral changes resulting from global climate change and ocean acidification. This study highlights the discovery that the interior of rhodoliths are marine biodiversity hotspots that function as seedbanks and temporary reservoirs of previously unknown stages in the life history of ecologically important dinoflagellate and haptophyte microalgae. ...[more]