Calcified macroalgae–critical to coastal ecosystems and vulnerable to change: a review

WA Nelson - Marine and Freshwater Research, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
Calcified macroalgae are distributed in marine habitats from polar to tropical latitudes and
from intertidal shores to the deepest reaches of the euphotic zone. These algae play critical …

Rhodoliths and rhodolith beds

MS Foster, NA Kamenos, R Riosmena-Rodriguez… - 2013 - eprints.gla.ac.uk
Rhodolith (maërl) beds, communities dominated by free living coralline algae, are a
common feature of subtidal environments worldwide. Well preserved as fossils, they have …

Rhodolith Beds Are Major CaCO3 Bio-Factories in the Tropical South West Atlantic

GM Amado-Filho, RL Moura, AC Bastos, LT Salgado… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Rhodoliths are nodules of non-geniculate coralline algae that occur in shallow waters (< 150
m depth) subjected to episodic disturbance. Rhodolith beds stand with kelp beds, seagrass …

Multi‐gene phylogenetic analyses of New Zealand coralline algae: Corallinapetra Novaezelandiae gen. et sp. nov. and recognition of the Hapalidiales ord. nov.

WA Nelson, JE Sutherland, TJ Farr, DR Hart… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Coralline red algae from the New Zealand region were investigated in a study focused on
documenting regional diversity. We present a multi‐gene analysis using sequence data …

Seaweed diversity associated with a Brazilian tropical rhodolith bed

GM Amado-Filho, GW Maneveldt… - Ciencias …, 2010 - cienciasmarinas.com.mx
This study describes the predominantly tropical, subtidal seaweed populations growing on
rhodoliths between 4 and 18 m depth in the southern part of Espírito Santo State (Brazil) …

Marine carbonate mining in the Southwestern Atlantic: current status, potential impacts, and conservation actions

SV Paiva, PBM Carneiro, TM Garcia, TCL Tavares… - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Marine carbonate sediments have economic value because of their high concentration of
calcium minerals and important trace elements. However, increasing mining interest in these …

Invertebrate diversity associated with a shallow rhodolith bed in the Mediterranean Sea (Mar Piccolo of Taranto, south‐east Italy)

C Pierri, C Longo, A Falace, MF Gravina… - Aquatic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rhodoliths, formed by free‐living coralline algae, are distributed worldwide, and the
rhodolith beds (RBs) that they form are recognized as structurally complex habitats. In the …

Macroalgae

HL Spalding, GM Amado-Filho, RG Bahia… - Mesophotic coral …, 2019 - Springer
Macroalgae in mesophotic coral ecosystems are generally understudied compared to corals
and fishes yet may be more abundant than coral-dominated reefs given their lower depth …

Marine biodiversity of Eastern Tropical Pacific coral reefs

J Cortés, IC Enochs, J Sibaja-Cordero… - Coral reefs of the …, 2017 - Springer
The eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) is an isolated oceanic region exposed to extreme
oceanographic conditions, including low salinity, low pH, high temperatures during El Niño …

The critical importance of rhodoliths in the life cycle completion of both macro-and microalgae, and as holobionts for the establishment and maintenance of marine …

S Fredericq, S Krayesky-Self, T Sauvage… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Rhodoliths are the main hard substrata for the attachment of benthic macroalgae in the NW
Gulf of Mexico rubble habitats that are associated with salt domes, unique deep bank …