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 …

Microplastic contamination of the drilling bivalve Hiatella arctica in Arctic rhodolith beds

S Teichert, MGJ Löder, I Pyko, M Mordek… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
There is an increasing number of studies reporting microplastic (MP) contamination in the
Arctic environment. We analysed MP abundance in samples from a marine Arctic ecosystem …

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 …

Bioerosion structures from the Pliocene of the Agua Amarga Subbasin (Almería, SE Spain): palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental implications

W Łaska, FJ Rodríguez-Tovar, A Uchman - Palaeogeography …, 2021 - Elsevier
The bioerosion trace fossils are described from the Pliocene cropping out at the Agua
Amarga Subbasin (Betic Cordillera, Almería Province, SE Spain). They are associated with …

Reevaluation of the inferred relationship between living rhodolith morphologies, their movement, and water energy: Implications for interpreting paleoceanographic …

LG O'connell, NP James, AS Harvey, J Luick… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Free-living forms of crustose coralline algae (rhodoliths) accumulate on shallow-water
marine shelves in many regions worldwide. They form their own benthic habitats termed …

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 …

Late Holocene and Recent cold-water coral calcium carbonate production in Guilvinec Canyon, Bay of Biscay, France.

E Edinger, JF Bourillet, L Menot, F Lartaud… - Deep Sea Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cold-water coral reefs and communities can be locally important calcium carbonate factories
in continental shelf and slope environments, including submarine canyons. Here we present …

Late twentieth century increase in northern Spitsbergen (Svalbard) glacier-derived runoff tracked by coralline algal Ba/Ca ratios

S Hetzinger, J Halfar, Z Zajacz, M Möller, M Wisshak - Climate Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
The Arctic cryosphere is changing rapidly due to global warming. Northern Svalbard is a
warming hotspot with a temperature rise of~ 6° C over the last three decades. Concurrently …

'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 …

Depth‐Related Controls on the Quantitative Composition of Rhodolith Matrices in the High Arctic

I Pyko, M Wisshak, S Teichert - Aquatic Conservation: Marine …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The calcareous matrix of rhodoliths can be composed of one or more crustose coralline
algae (CCA) taxa as well as a mixed assemblage of various encrusting organisms. Studies …