The growth potential of modern zooxanthellate corals from the major reef provinces is
reviewed with respect to Holocene reef growth. Both coral growth and reef growth is …

Reefs are an extraordinary natural phenomenon. Visible from outer space, coral reefs are
the largest biologically constructed features known; in close proximity their spectacular …

L'histoire des fossiles d'éponges remonte à très loin et débute au Précambrien, mais elle est
plutôt incomplète. Seules les éponges à squelette rigide, c.-à-d. les Hexactinosida et les …

The growth potential of carbonate platforms, ie, the maximum rate at which they can aggrade
vertically, is difficult to assess. To estimate the growth potential from the conservative side …

The association between mound-building, benthic microbial communities and siliceous
sponges is characteristic of some reef mounds of Early Cambrian, Early-Middle Ordovician …

Globally unique hexactinellid sponge reefs occur on the continental shelf off British
Columbia, Canada. They cover about 425 km 2 of seafloor on the continental shelf off British …

Abstract The mid‐Ediacaran Mistaken Point biota of Newfoundland represents the first
morphologically complex organisms in the fossil record. At the classic Mistaken Point …

A reef, rising above the sea floor, is an entity of its own making-a sedimentary system within
itself. The numerous, large calcium carbonate secreting organisms stand upon the remains …

Abstract During the Furongian (late Cambrian) and Early Ordovician, maze-like (maceriate)
microbialites flourished in both Laurentia and Gondwana. The maze-like microbialites are …

The accumulation of dead hardparts can directly influence the structure and dynamics of
benthic communities by changing the physical characteristics of the sea floor. Biotic changes …