Science. 1968 Mar 15;159(3820):1237-9. doi: 10.1126/science.159.3820.1237.
Radiolarian skeletons were placed at several depths on the taut mooring wire of a buoy in the central Pacific for 4 months. Recent radiolarian sediment dissolved at appreciable rates at depths shallower than 2000 meters; solution was greatest near the surface and decreased with depth. This pattern correlates with bathymetric distributions of dissolved silicon and of temperature. Siliceous Radiolaria from planktonic samples appeared to dissolve about eight times faster than those from sediment. Tripyleans seemed to be less resistant than polycystins. Acantharia dissolved completely at all depths.
放射虫骨架被放置在中太平洋浮标绷紧的系绳上的几个深度处，时间长达 4 个月。在水深浅于 2000 米的地方，最近的放射虫沉积物以相当快的速度溶解；在靠近水面的地方溶解最多，随着深度的增加而减少。这种模式与溶解硅和温度的水深分布相关。浮游生物样本中的硅质放射虫似乎比沉积物中的溶解速度快约 8 倍。三龙骨类似乎比多囊类更不耐溶解。所有深度的刺胞动物都完全溶解。
