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Science 16 January 2009:
Vol. 323. no. 5912, pp. 343 - 344
DOI: 10.1126/science.1161618
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OCEAN SCIENCE:
Animal Function at the Heart (and Gut) of Oceanography

Brad A. Seibel1 and Heidi M. Dierssen2

Animal physiology has a substantial impact on the marine inorganic carbon cycle, for example, through the formation of calcium carbonate "gut rocks" in bony fish.

1Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02891, USA. E-mail: seibel{at}uri.edu

2Marine Sciences Geography, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT 06340, USA. E-mail: heidi.dierssen{at}uconn.edu

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