Estimates of Particulate Organic Carbon Flowing from the Pelagic Environment to the Benthos through Sponge Assemblages

Alejandra Perea-Blázquez; Simon K. Davy; James J. Bell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029569

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Estimates of Particulate Organic Carbon Flowing from the Pelagic Environment to the Benthos through Sponge Assemblages

Alejandra Perea-Blázquez ,

* E-mail: alejandra.perea@vuw.ac.nz

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Simon K. Davy,

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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James J. Bell

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Estimates of Particulate Organic Carbon Flowing from the Pelagic Environment to the Benthos through Sponge Assemblages

Alejandra Perea-Blázquez,
Simon K. Davy,
James J. Bell

Published: January 4, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029569

About the Authors

Alejandra Perea-Blázquez

* E-mail: alejandra.perea@vuw.ac.nz

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Simon K. Davy

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

James J. Bell

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: APB JJB. Performed the experiments: APB. Analyzed the data: APB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APB JJB SKD. Wrote the paper: APB JJB SKD.

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