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Discovery of the mineral brucite (magnesium hydroxide) in the tropical calcifying alga Polystrata dura (Peyssonneliales, Rhodophyta)

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2015

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Nash, Merinda
Russell, B.D.
Dixon, Kyatt R
Liu, Minglu
Xu, Huifang

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Red algae of the family Peyssonneliaceae typically form thin crusts impregnated with aragonite. Here, we report the first discovery of brucite in a thick red algal crust (~1 cm) formed by the peyssonnelioid species Polystrata dura from Papua New Guinea.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69982

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ANU Research Publications

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Journal of Phycology

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Journal article

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10.1111/jpy.12299

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2037-12-31

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