Removal of predators can have strong indirect effects on primary producers through trophic cascades. Crustose coralline algae (CCA) are major primary producers worldwide that may be influenced by predator removal through changes in grazer composition and biomass. CCA have been most widely studied in Caribbean and temperate reefs, where cover increases with increasing grazer biomass due to remov...

Abstract Assessment of the microbial impact on mineral dissolution is crucial for a predictive understanding basic (Ca, Mg bearing) silicate weathering and associated CO 2 consumption, bioerosion, storage in basaltic rocks. However, there are controversies about mechanism effect, which ranges from inhibiting via nil to accelerating. Here we studied diopside interaction with heterotrophic bacter...