Changing components, rock textures, lithofacies, platform types and architecture throughout
time are unique characteristics of carbonate rocks. Characterizing these attributes has been …

Abstract “Adaptive radiation” is an evocative metaphor for explosive evolutionary
divergence, which for over 100 years has given a powerful heuristic to countless scientists …

The siphonous green algae are an assemblage of seaweeds that consist of a single giant
cell. They comprise two sister orders, the Bryopsidales and Dasycladales. We infer the …

Aim Because of their broad distribution in geographical and ecological dimensions,
seaweeds (marine macroalgae) offer great potential as models for marine biogeographical …

Over 100 years ago, before threats such as global climate change and ocean acidification
were issues engrossing marine scientists, numerous tropical reef biologists began …

Laboratory experiments were conducted to subject the calcareous alga Halimeda, a prolific
producer of aragonite in the modern ocean, to a variety of ambient Mg/Ca ratios. These …

The calcareous Halimeda bioherms of the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia are the
largest actively accumulating Halimeda deposits worldwide. They contribute a substantial …

Field observations, petrography, and laboratory interpretations of the Patala Formation were
utilized in an integrated petrologic study aimed at deciphering the genesis mechanism and …

Seagrasses are marine angiosperms documented in shallow-marine, soft bottom settings
across the Cenozoic. They proliferated globally after their divergence from other alismatid …

A robust timetree for Mammalia was constructed using the time calibration function of BEAST
v1. 10.4 and MEGA 11. The analysis involved the application of times of the most recent …