This is a preview. Log in through your library . Limnology and Oceanography (L&O;) publishes research articles, reviews, and comments about all aspects of limnology and oceanography. The journal’s ...

Most of the silicon (Si) in marine coastal systems is thought to recirculate under the biological control of planktonic diatoms. We challenge this view after comparing the biogenic silica (bSi) ...

The genome of a glass sponge species suggests that silica skeletons evolved independently in several groups of sponges. The genome of a glass sponge species suggests that silica skeletons evolved ...

Picture is copyright Emily S. Damstra and used by permission. Müller and colleagues carefully studied the formation of these giganto-spicules and found formation was helped along the way by silicatein ...

In the depths of the ocean, a creature called the Monorhaphis chuni sponge is challenging our understanding of longevity. This sponge, with its massive silica spicules, can live for an astounding ...

The phylum Porifera (sponges; “pore bearing) is divided into three classes, Hexactinellida, Demospongiae, and Calcarea. Calcarea is the oddball of the group, building skeletal elements out of calcium ...

Scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor 30 miles off the coast of Washington. The species of glass sponges capable of building reefs were thought extinct ...

The clever design underlying the remarkable strength of a sea sponge’s anchoring fibres has been unravelled by scientists in the US. The team found that the strength of a fibre comes from the ...

The genome of a glass sponge species suggests that silica skeletons evolved independently in several groups of sponges. Researchers led by geobiologist Professor Gert Wörheide have decoded the genome ...

Thirty miles west of Grays Harbor, University of Washington scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor. The species of glass sponges capable of building reefs ...