Ph regulation and tissue coordination pathways promote calcium carbonate bioerosion by excavating sponges

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• who: Alice E. Webb from the Sample collection and growth conditionsSamples from , different C. varians sponges (Fig., ) were collected off Summerland Key in the Florida Keys using a hammer and a chisel. Sponge samples (n=30) were placed in flow-through seawater raceways at the Mote Tropical Marine Laboratory in Summerland Key, attached to pieces of Iceland spar (, to , cm3) with plastic tie wraps, and subjected to a natural diurnal light cycle. They were kept in the flow-through raceways for one month to allow the cut surfaces to heal and attach to the Iceland spar. They . . .
  

   

  

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