Marine macroalgae are an overlooked sink of silicon in coastal systems

Mollie R. Yacano; Sarah Q. Foster; Nicholas E. Ray; Autumn Oczkowski; John A. Raven; Robinson W. Fulweiler

doi:10.1111/nph.17889

Marine macroalgae are an overlooked sink of silicon in coastal systems

Mollie R. Yacano, Sarah Q. Foster, Nicholas E. Ray, Autumn Oczkowski, John A. Raven, Robinson W. Fulweiler (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Across the marine landscape - from estuaries to the open ocean, biota take up silicon (Si) as monosilicic acid (Si(OH4 )) and deposit it into their tissues as biogenic silica (BSi, SiO2 ). Along the coast, vegetated ecosystems such as salt marshes and mangroves sequester a significant amount of Si in their tissues and likely help regulate the availability of Si in surrounding waters (Carey & Fulweiler, 2014; Elizondo et al., 2021).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2330-2336
Number of pages	7
Journal	New Phytologist
Volume	233
Issue number	6
Early online date	1 Dec 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17889
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2022

Keywords

Biogenic silica
C:Si molar ratios
estuary
macroalgae
Si cycle
Si limitation
biogenic silica
silicon
C : Si molar ratios

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Plant Science

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Marine macroalgae are an overlooked sink of silicon in coastal systems

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