Silicate uptake rates

[Sander Scheffers]

Hi,

Did anybody of you work on silicate uptake by sponges? What are the fluxes?
What is their affinity, in other words, at what concentration is it still
possible for them to take up dissolved silicate? Is there a relationship
between uptake rates and growth rates?

Thanks in advance,
Sander Scheffers
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Sander Scheffers
PhD Candidate
Department of Marine Ecology
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research &
University of Amsterdam
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E-mail: Scheffers at t-online.de
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