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SCIENCE
卷 342, 期 6154, 页码 108-110出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1241981
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- Innovational Research Incentives Scheme of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO-VENI) [863.10.009]
- Schure-Beijerinck-Popping fund
Ever since Darwin's early descriptions of coral reefs, scientists have debated how one of the world's most productive and diverse ecosystems can thrive in the marine equivalent of a desert. It is an enigma how the flux of dissolved organic matter (DOM), the largest resource produced on reefs, is transferred to higher trophic levels. Here we show that sponges make DOM available to fauna by rapidly expelling filter cells as detritus that is subsequently consumed by reef fauna. This sponge loop was confirmed in aquarium and in situ food web experiments, using C-13- and N-15-enriched DOM. The DOM-sponge-fauna pathway explains why biological hot spots such as coral reefs persist in oligotrophic seas-the reef's paradox-and has implications for reef ecosystem functioning and conservation strategies.
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