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Resource: used or used up in processesBiogenic silica
Appears in 2 processs and 5 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.
Top processes
- Diatoms take up silicic acid to build opal frustules: about 255 Tmol Si a year of pelagic production, plus about 6 Tmol by sponges on the seafloor
- What happens to the opal produced each year?
- Dissolves back to silicic acid in the water column and surface sediments (about 94%, computed from the budget)
- and 1 more in this process
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