Coralline algae (Rhodophyta) in a changing world: integrating ecological, physiological, and geochemical responses to global change

SJ McCoy, NA Kamenos - Journal of phycology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Coralline algae are globally distributed benthic primary producers that secrete calcium
carbonate skeletons. In the context of ocean acidification, they have received much recent …

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 …

Keystone predators govern the pathway and pace of climate impacts in a subarctic marine ecosystem

DB Rasher, RS Steneck, J Halfar, KJ Kroeker, JB Ries… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Predator loss and climate change are hallmarks of the Anthropocene yet their interactive
effects are largely unknown. Here, we show that massive calcareous reefs, built slowly by …

First evidence of chitin in calcified coralline algae: new insights into the calcification process of Clathromorphum compactum

MA Rahman, J Halfar - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Interest in calcifying coralline algae has been increasing over the past years due to the
discovery of extensive coralline algal dominated ecosystems in Arctic and Subarctic …

[HTML][HTML] Coralline algal calcification: A morphological and process-based understanding

MC Nash, G Diaz-Pulido, AS Harvey, W Adey - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Research purpose and findings Coralline algae are key biological substrates of many
carbonate systems globally. Their capacity to build enduring crusts that underpin the …

Radiation of the coralline red algae (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) crown group as inferred from a multilocus time-calibrated phylogeny

V Pena, C Vieira, JC Braga, J Aguirre, A Rösler… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2020 - Elsevier
The subclass Corallinophycidae is the only group of red algae characterized by the
presence of calcite crystals in their cell walls. Except for the Rhodogorgonales, the …

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 …

Arctic sea-ice decline archived by multicentury annual-resolution record from crustose coralline algal proxy

J Halfar, WH Adey, A Kronz… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Northern Hemisphere sea ice has been declining sharply over the past decades and 2012
exhibited the lowest Arctic summer sea-ice cover in historic times. Whereas ongoing …

Crustose coralline algal growth, calcification and mortality following a marine heatwave in Western Australia

J Short, T Foster, J Falter, GA Kendrick… - Continental Shelf …, 2015 - Elsevier
Crustose coralline algae (CCA: Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) are ubiquitous components of
many benthic habitats and play a critical ecological role by contributing significantly to their …

Biotic Control of Surface pH and Evidence of Light-Induced H+ Pumping and Ca2+-H+ Exchange in a Tropical Crustose Coralline Alga

LC Hofmann, M Koch, D de Beer - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Presently, an incomplete mechanistic understanding of tropical reef macroalgae
photosynthesis and calcification restricts predictions of how these important autotrophs will …