Phanerozoic Reef Trends Based on the Paleoreef Database

On the potential for ocean acidification to be a general cause of ancient reef crises

“…PARED compiles the geological and paleontological data of Phanerozoic reef sites (Kiessling et al, 1999;Kiessling, 2001;Kiessling & Flü gel, 2002), of which 4000 are currently recorded. We calculated the preserved volume of each reef site applying previous methods (Kiessling et al, 2000).…”

Carbonate mounds: From paradox to World Heritage

“…In the following sections, some key moments in evolutionary innovation in reefs are briefly reviewed, largely following Kiessling's (2001) template and not seeking comprehensiveness, but simply with the aim to draw a relevant evolutionary framework as background for the planned mound World Heritage Route. Next follows a discussion of some insights in regional controls on mound development at different scales, gained in particular through the study of recent carbonate mound provinces.…”

“…The notch in the composite spindle diagram on Fig. 4, midway the Phanerozoic, highlights the Early (and/or Late -depending on authors) Permian-Triassic Reef Eclipse, that splits the record of Phanerozoic reef ecologies in two sets of three to four acts each (Wood, 1999;Kiessling, 2001;Stanley, 2001;Kiessling et al, 2002;Kiessling, 2009). Act 1.…”

Treatise Online, no. 28: Part E, Revised, Volume 4, Chapter 7: Sphinctozoan and Inozoan hypercalcified sponges: An overview

“…Hypercalcified inozoan and sphinctozoan sponges (including archaeocyaths, stromatoporoids, and chaetetids) were the most abundant metazoan contributors to the formation of invertebrate reefs during the Paleozoic and early Mesozoic (wooD, 1990bMesozoic (wooD, , 1991bKieSSling, 2001). Only the roles of sphinctozoans and inozoans as contributors to reefs and reefal deposits, and their abundance, are treated in the following discussions.…”