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sponge loop: a standalone construct

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Coral reef ecology

a pathway in which reef sponges take up dissolved organic matter and shed cells as detritus, keeping resources within coral reef food webs.

In coral reef ecology, sponge loop refers to a pathway in which reef sponges take up dissolved organic matter and shed cells as detritus, keeping resources within coral reef food webs. This meaning comes from de Goeij (2013) in Science.[1]

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References

de Goeij, J. M., van Oevelen, D., Vermeij, M. J. A., Osinga, R., Middelburg, J. J., de Goeij, A. F. P. M., & Admiraal, W. (2013). Surviving in a Marine Desert: The Sponge Loop Retains Resources Within Coral Reefs. Science, 342(6154), 108-110. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1241981

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