[HTML][HTML] Reviews and syntheses: The biogeochemical cycle of silicon in the modern ocean

PJ Tréguer, JN Sutton, M Brzezinski… - …, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
The element silicon (Si) is required for the growth of silicified organisms in marine
environments, such as diatoms. These organisms consume vast amounts of Si together with …

Biosilicification drives a decline of dissolved Si in the oceans through geologic time

DJ Conley, PJ Frings, G Fontorbe… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Biosilicification has driven variation in the global Si cycle over geologic time. The evolution
of different eukaryotic lineages that convert dissolved Si (DSi) into mineralized structures …

[書籍][B] Marine microbiology: ecology & applications

CB Munn - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
The third edition of this bestselling text has been rigorously updated to reflect major new
discoveries and concepts since 2011, especially progress due to extensive application of …

Phytolith formation in plants: from soil to cell

MA Nawaz, AM Zakharenko, IV Zemchenko, MS Haider… - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Silica is deposited extra-and intracellularly in plants in solid form, as phytoliths. Phytoliths
have emerged as accepted taxonomic tools and proxies for reconstructing ancient flora …

Intracellular silicification by early-branching magnetotactic bacteria

J Li, P Liu, N Menguy, X Zhang, J Wang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Biosilicification—the formation of biological structures composed of silica—has a wide
distribution among eukaryotes; it plays a major role in global biogeochemical cycles, and …

Mechanisms and pathways of small-phytoplankton export from the surface ocean

TL Richardson - Annual review of marine science, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Carbon fixation by phytoplankton near the surface and the sinking of this particulate material
to deeper waters are key components of the biological carbon pump. The efficiency of the …

Influence of the Amazon River discharge on the biogeography of phytoplankton communities in the western tropical north Atlantic

JI Goes, H do Rosario Gomes, AM Chekalyuk… - Progress in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract An Advanced Laser Fluorometer (ALF) capable of discriminating several
phytoplankton pigment types was utilized in conjunction with microscopic data to map the …

The evolution of silicon transport in eukaryotes

AO Marron, S Ratcliffe, GL Wheeler… - Molecular Biology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Biosilicification (the formation of biological structures from silica) occurs in diverse eukaryotic
lineages, plays a major role in global biogeochemical cycles, and has significant …

Dissolved silica in the subterranean estuary and the impact of submarine groundwater discharge on the global marine silica budget

S Rahman, JJ Tamborski, MA Charette, JK Cochran - Marine Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Groundwater's role in the global marine budget of dissolved silica (DSi), an essential
nutrient, is constrained using DSi groundwater concentrations from multiple endmember …

Long‐Term Changes in Concentration and Yield of Riverine Dissolved Silicon From the Poles to the Tropics

KJ Jankowski, K Johnson, L Sethna… - Global …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Riverine exports of silicon (Si) influence global carbon cycling through the growth of marine
diatoms, which account for∼ 25% of global primary production. Climate change will likely …