Rhodolith/Maerl Beds: A Global Perspective

Section I. The Role of Rhodolith/maerl Beds in Modern Oceans.- Natural History of Rhodolith/maerl Beds: Their Role in Near-shore Biodiversity and Management.- Coralline Algae as Recorders of Past Climatic and Environmental Conditions.- Effects of Ocean Warming and Acidification on Rhodolith/maerl beds.- Economic Importance of Coralline Carbonates.- Section II. The Role of Rhodolith/maerl Beds in Historical Oceans. - Rhodoliths and Rhodolith Beds in the Rock Record.- Re-Sedimented Rhodoliths in Channelized Depositional Systems.- Neogene Rhodoliths in the Mediterranean Basins.- Oligocene Rhodolith Beds in the Central Mediterranean Area.- Taphonomic Range and Sedimentary Dynamics of Modern and Fossil Rhodolith Beds: Macaronesian Realm (North Atlantic Ocean).- Section III. Conservation Status of Rhodolith/maerl at Major Ocean Basins.- North Atlantic.- Mediterranean Rhodolith Beds.- South Atlantic Rhodolith Beds: Latitudinal Distribution, Species Composition, Structure and Ecosystem Functions, Threats and Conservation Status.- Eastern Pacific.- Western Pacific.- South Pacific.

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• Biogeografia
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• Ciências da terra
• Processos geológicos superficiais (geomorfologia)
• Biodiversidade
• Ciência ecológica, a biosfera

Biodiversity in Maerl Beds;Carbon Factory and Rhodolith/Marl Beds;Ecological Engineering and Biodiversity Hotspots;Ecological Process;Fisheries Center and Maerl Beds;Global Warming and Paleoecology;Paleoecology and Maerl Beds;Rhodoliths/Maerl beds;coastal sciences;climate change