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A Three-Stage Symbiosis Forms the Foundation of Seagrass Ecosystems
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Ancient Associations: Submarine seagrass meadows are critical to fisheries and coastline protection and provide feeding grounds for many endangered species, including dugongs and turtles, and serve as a nursery for coral reef fish. The persistence and maintenance of seagrass ecosystems have been mysterious, because accumulation of organic matter in the beds should rapidly lead to toxic sulphide levels in the sediment. Using a meta-analysis and a field study,van der Heide et al.(p.1432) atttribute the 100-million-year success of seagrasses to a three-stage symbiosis. Seagrass beds worldwide contain high densities of small lucinid bivalves that have symbiotic sulphide-oxidizing bacteria in their gills. This association appears to relieve any sulphide stress for seagrasses, while the lucinids and their symbionts profit from the accumulation of degradable organic matter and oxygen release from seagrass roots.
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- van der Heide, T., Govers, L. L., de Fouw, J., Olff, H., van der Geest, M., van Katwijk, M. M., Piersma, T., van de Koppel, J., Silliman, B. R., Smolders, A. J. P., & van Gils, J. A.
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- 2012-06-15
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- 336
- Issue
- 6087
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- 1432-1434
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- W2117091952
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- References
- 45
- FWCI
- 11.17
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- en
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- green
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