Calcification in the coralline red algae: a synthesis

SJ McCoy, CM Pueschel, CE Cornwall, S Comeau… - …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A descriptive model of calcification in the coralline red algae is integral to
understanding their contributions to marine geochemistry, the responses of seascapes to …

Levelling-up rhodolith-bed science to address global-scale conservation challenges

F Tuya, N Schubert, J Aguirre, D Basso… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global marine conservation remains fractured by an imbalance in research efforts and policy
actions, limiting progression towards sustainability. Rhodolith beds represent a prime …

Dominance of photo over chromatic acclimation strategies by habitat-forming mesophotic red algae

SE Voerman, BC Marsh, RG Bahia… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Red coralline algae are the deepest living macroalgae, capable of creating spatially
complex reefs from the intertidal to 100+ m depth with global ecological and biogeochemical …

Quantifying maerl (rhodolith) habitat complexity along an environmental gradient at regional scale in the Northeast Atlantic

VL Jardim, O Gauthier, C Toumi, J Grall - Marine Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Maerl beds are ecologically important marine biogenic habitats founded on a few species of
free-living coralline algae that aggregate and form highly complex rhodoliths. The high …

Red algae acclimate to low light by modifying phycobilisome composition to maintain efficient light harvesting

SE Voerman, A Ruseckas, GA Turnbull, IDW Samuel… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Despite a global prevalence of photosynthetic organisms in the ocean's
mesophotic zone (30–200+ m depth), the mechanisms that enable photosynthesis to …

Secondary engineering of rhodolith beds by the sand tilefish Malacanthus plumieri generates distinctive habitats for benthic macroinvertebrates and fish

NC Roos, PC Veras, JL Gutiérrez, FZ Gibran… - Biodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
Whilst the importance of foundation species for biodiversity conservation has been largely
acknowledged (eg, coral and bivalve reefs, seagrass, kelp and rhodolith beds), the role of …

Proxies to detect hotspots of invertebrate biodiversity on rhodolith beds across the Southwestern Atlantic

JB Lino, IRA Laurino, PA dos Santos Longo… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rhodolith beds are known worldwide to host high biodiversity to several taxa. Despite their
importance, few ecological data explored the influence of rhodolith features and …

The hidden diversity of temperate mesophotic ecosystems from Central Chile (southeastern Pacific Ocean) assessed through towed underwater videos

AN Campoy, A Pérez-Matus, EA Wieters… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
The largely unexplored diversity in temperate mesophotic ecosystems (TME,~ 30–150 m
depth) has attracted much attention over the past years. However, the number of studies and …

In situ decrease in rhodolith growth associated with Arctic climate change

S Teichert, CJ Reddin, M Wisshak - Global Change Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rhodoliths built by crustose coralline algae (CCA) are ecosystem engineers of global
importance. In the Arctic photic zone, their three‐dimensional growth emulates the habitat …

Predation effects on benthic communities are maximized by greater taxonomic richness and diversity in Subtropical SW Atlantic

ACF Becker, NC Roos, GM Dias, FZ Gibran… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Predation effects on benthic communities are locally influenced by biological and ecological
processes, such as recruitment, competition, and habitat features. We studied three …