Attached and free-living crustose coralline algae and their functional traits in the geological record and today

S Teichert - Facies, 2024 - Springer
Crustose coralline algae (CCA) are important ecosystem engineers and carbonate
producers today and in the geological past. While there is an increasing number of …

Bayesian analysis of biodiversity patterns via beam trawl versus video transect—a comparative case study of Svalbard rhodolith beds

E Straube, H Neumann, M Wisshak, G Mathes… - Biodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Knowledge of spatial biodiversity patterns is important for ecosystem assessment.
Rhodoliths, free-living calcareous algae, are biotic components that structure the sea floor …

Elemental cycles in the coralline alga Neogoniolithon hauckii as a recorder of temperature variability in the Mediterranean Sea

S Hetzinger, M Grohganz, J Halfar… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Coralline algae play important ecological roles throughout the photic zone of the world's
oceans. Recent studies have shown that attached-living coralline algae can contain records …

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 …

Growth Rate in Cultured Crustose Coralline Algae of the Genus Phymatolithon and Sporolithon From Taiwan

CF Lai, A Nazir, TY Liu, YC Tseng, Y Iizuka… - Marine …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal algal reef ecosystems, which are formed by the skeletal carbonate of crustose
coralline algae (CCA), provide vital habitats for a diverse range of marine organisms and …

'Ten Years After'—a long‐term settlement and bioerosion experiment in an Arctic rhodolith bed (Mosselbukta, Svalbard)

M Wisshak, N Meyer, P Kuklinski, A Rüggeberg… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rhodolith beds and bioherms formed by ecosystem engineering crustose coralline algae
support the northernmost centres of carbonate production, referred to as polar cold‐water …

Effect of depth across a latitudinal gradient in the structure of rhodolith seabeds and associated biota across the Eastern Atlantic Ocean

I Pérez-Peris, S Navarro-Mayoral, MC de Esteban… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rhodolith seabeds are 'ecosystem engineers' composed of free-living calcareous red
macroalgae, which create extensive marine habitats. This study addressed how depth …