Palaeoecology and evolution of marine hard substrate communities

Taylor, Paul D.; Wilson, Mark A.

doi:10.1016/s0012-8252(02)00131-9

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“…Thus, some of these burrowers may have been adapted to life in carbonate hardgrounds using chemical boring. Hardgrounds became very common in Ordovician calcite seas (TAYLOR & WILSON, 2003) and this development may correlate with the appearance of first large borers as a part of GOBE (Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event). The Saka borings suggest that the diversity of initial large borers and/or boring behaviors may have been greater than previously thought.…”

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Early large borings in a hardground of Floian-Dapingian age (Early and Middle Ordovician) in northeastern Estonia (Baltica)

Vinn¹,

Wilson²

2010

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Large plug-or slightly amphora-shaped borings have been found in the hardground marking the boundary between Early and Middle Ordovician rocks in northeastern Estonia. These borings cut large bioclasts of the trilobite Megistaspis and cannot be assigned with certainty to any known ichnotaxon. They indicate that the diversity of early borings may have been greater than was recognized previously.Key Words: Bioerosion; Gastrochaenolites; hardground; Early Ordovician; Baltica.

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Early large borings in a hardground of Floian-Dapingian age (Early and Middle Ordovician) in northeastern Estonia (Baltica)

Vinn¹,

Wilson²

2010

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“…Cornell et al (2003) observed normal populations of edrioasteroids but with a small number of juveniles. They explained such a pattern as seasonal recruitment influenced by environmental conditions (see also Taylor and Wilson 2003).…”

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Encrustation patterns on Late Cretaceous (Turonian) echinoids from southern Poland

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Kukliński

Zatoń

2012

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This study focuses on sclerobionts from a large collection of epibenthic echinoids ([2,000 specimens) of the genera Conulus and Camerogalerus. Samples were collected from five localities in southern Poland (Polish Jura and Miechów Trough), where Turonian carbonates with terrigenous input are exposed. Low intensity (mean ca. 5 %, maximum ca. 10 %) and slight encrustation (''loosening effect'') exclusively by episkeletozoans probably resulted from low productivity of encrusters while the importance of other factors cannot be excluded unambiguously. Echinoids served as a main substratum and after death formed shellgrounds ('echinoid carpet') offering abundant benthic islands for encrusters in an otherwise soft-bottom environment. The moderate abundance but low-diversity assemblage is represented by bivalves, sedentary polychaetes, foraminifera, bryozoans, corals, and sponges. This assemblage is similar to a nearly contemporaneous assemblage from the Bohemian Basin. The presence of numerous spirorbins offers insights into their early evolution and may indicate that their first peak in abundance after origination was not prior to the earliest Turonian. This is regarded as one of the important ecological steps towards the rise of modern sclerobiont communities. Encruster diversities are independent of their abundance and, as shown in our novel planar projections, lateral parts of tests were preferentially encrusted. This pattern is explained by the combination of largest flat area and stable orientation. Encrusting bivalves and serpulids dominated hard substrate environments in the Turonian of Poland.

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“…En las colectas se procuró relacionar las especies con sus locales de preferencia ecológi-ca, en términos de alturas de mareas y sustratos. Para efecto descriptivo, los sustratos sólidos fueron clasificados de acuerdo con Taylor & Wilson (2003), considerando biogénicos, aquellos representados por los troncos, ramas y raíces de mangles y también las conchas calcáreas de los invertebrados y abiogénicos, las rocas de orígenes diversos y una embarcación de metal naufragada, anclada en el sedimento.…”

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Zonación vertical del macrobentos de sustratos sólidos del estuario del río Massangana, Bahía de Suape, Pernambuco, Brasil

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. 2009. Vertical zonation of the hard substrata macrofauna of the Massangana River estuary, Suape Bay (Pernambuco, Brazil). Biota Neotrop. 9(1): http://www.biotaneotropica. org.br/v9n1/en/abstract?article+bn01609012009. Abstract:The estuarine area of the Massangana River (Pernambuco, Brazil) undergoes several kinds of interventions as a result of the activities of the Suape Industrial and Harbor Complex, which could affect local biotic communities. Thus, this study aimed to verify the composition of the benthic macrofauna of hard substrates regarding their vertical distribution in order to support the future biomonitoring of possible changes in this complex. The invertebrates found in an area of 519 m 2 were collected and their distribution on the biogenic and abiogenic substrates was described. A total of 79 species were found, primarily in the mangroves and distributed in three intertidal zones: a Chthamaletum, which comprised the intertidal and upper shore, the balanid zone, with barnacles and oysters in the mid intertidal, and the Bostrychietum, in the lowest region. In general, this matched the Brazilian and international vertical distribution patterns for mangrove invertebrates. The presence of rocky substrate and the area's high salinity made possible the occurrence of 28 species-including the coral Siderastrea stellata -in an estuarine area. The enlarged distribution of the bivalve Isognomon alatus, the barnacle Amphibalanus reticulatus, and the bryozoans Biflustra savartii, Bowerbankia gracilis, and Conopeum reticulum on the Brazilian coast can be explained by the proximity to the Port of Suape, which allows for passive transportation on ships. The scattered distribution of the fouling organisms among the substrates and the absence of characteristic animals of this ecosystem (such as the mussels) suggest that the environment is already undergoing some stress due to the diverse human interventions occurring in this area. Keywords: spatial distribution, macrobenthos, mangrove, biodiversity, Northeast Brazil. Resumen: El área estuarina del río Massangana (Pernambuco, Brasil) está sujeta a diversas intervenciones antropomórficas resultantes de las actividades del Complejo Industrial y Portuario de Suape, que pueden afectar las comunidades bióticas. Con esa perspectiva, este estudio tuvo como finalidad verificar la composición de la macrofauna bentónica de los sustratos sólidos, en su gradiente de distribución vertical, que sirva de referencia para futuros monitoreos biológicos relacionados a los cambios que pueden ocurrir en el complejo portuario. Se colectaron los invertebrados presentes en un área de 519 m 2 y su distribución en los sustratos biogénicos y abiogénicos es mostrada en el siguiente trabajo. Fueron encontradas 79 especies presentes principalmente en los mangles y distribuidas en tres zonas del intermareal: Chthamaletum, delimitando el supralitoral, "zona balanoide", conteniendo cirripedios y ostras, en la región intermareal media, y el Bostrychietum, en la región inferior. Esta distribución co...

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Palaeoecology and evolution of marine hard substrate communities

Cited by 547 publications

References 648 publications

Early large borings in a hardground of Floian-Dapingian age (Early and Middle Ordovician) in northeastern Estonia (Baltica)

Early large borings in a hardground of Floian-Dapingian age (Early and Middle Ordovician) in northeastern Estonia (Baltica)

Encrustation patterns on Late Cretaceous (Turonian) echinoids from southern Poland

Zonación vertical del macrobentos de sustratos sólidos del estuario del río Massangana, Bahía de Suape, Pernambuco, Brasil

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