Deepest Known Plant Life Discovered on an Uncharted Seamount

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Mark M. Littler · Smithsonian Institution

Diane S. Littler · Smithsonian Institution

Stephen M. Blair · Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

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The discovery of abundant autotrophic macrophytes living below 200 meters indicates their importance to primary productivity, food webs, sedimentary processes, and as reef builders in clear oceanic waters. Estimates concerning minimum light levels for macroalgal photosynthesis and macrophytic contributions to the biology and geology of tropical insular and continental borderlands must now be revised.

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Marine and coastal plant biology Marine Biology and Ecology Research Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

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Published in: Science

Volume 227, Issue 4682, pp. 57-59

DOI: 10.1126/science.227.4682.57

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Deepest Known Plant Life Discovered on an Uncharted Seamount

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