Assertion: diatom's role | /r/HasProperty | important
Facets:
value: disproportionately
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Diatoms play an important role in the formation of the Earth’s structure, as the limestone layers are deposited by them, and occurrence of petroleum has partly been possible due to these organisms.
text: Because of this bloom-and-bust cycle, diatoms are believed to play a disproportionately important role in the export of carbon from oceanic surface waters (see also the biological pump).
text: Because of this boom-and-bust lifestyle, diatoms are believed to play a disproportionately important role in the export of carbon from oceanic surface waters (Smetacek, 1985; Dugdale & Wilkerson, 1998; see also the biological pump).
text: Diatoms play an important role in research and studies.