Calcified macroalgae–critical to coastal ecosystems and vulnerable to change: a review

WA Nelson - Marine and Freshwater Research, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
Calcified macroalgae are distributed in marine habitats from polar to tropical latitudes and
from intertidal shores to the deepest reaches of the euphotic zone. These algae play critical …

Rhodoliths and rhodolith beds

MS Foster, NA Kamenos, R Riosmena-Rodriguez… - 2013 - eprints.gla.ac.uk
Rhodolith (maërl) beds, communities dominated by free living coralline algae, are a
common feature of subtidal environments worldwide. Well preserved as fossils, they have …

Rhodolith Beds Are Major CaCO3 Bio-Factories in the Tropical South West Atlantic

GM Amado-Filho, RL Moura, AC Bastos, LT Salgado… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Rhodoliths are nodules of non-geniculate coralline algae that occur in shallow waters (< 150
m depth) subjected to episodic disturbance. Rhodolith beds stand with kelp beds, seagrass …

A review of rhodolith/maerl beds of the Italian seas

M Ingrassia, M Pierdomenico, D Casalbore, FG Falese… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coralline algal beds are comprised of biogenic calcareous formations considered a habitat
of high conservation interest, hosting a high great biodiversity. To assess the status of this …

Multi‐gene phylogenetic analyses of New Zealand coralline algae: Corallinapetra Novaezelandiae gen. et sp. nov. and recognition of the Hapalidiales ord. nov.

WA Nelson, JE Sutherland, TJ Farr, DR Hart… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Coralline red algae from the New Zealand region were investigated in a study focused on
documenting regional diversity. We present a multi‐gene analysis using sequence data …

Marine biodiversity of Eastern Tropical Pacific coral reefs

J Cortés, IC Enochs, J Sibaja-Cordero… - Coral reefs of the …, 2017 - Springer
The eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) is an isolated oceanic region exposed to extreme
oceanographic conditions, including low salinity, low pH, high temperatures during El Niño …

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 …

Habitat structure and biological characteristics of a maerl bed off the northeastern coast of the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean)

M Sciberras, M Rizzo, JR Mifsud, K Camilleri, JA Borg… - Marine biodiversity, 2009 - Springer
Forty stations within a 20 km 2 Maltese maerl bed were sampled by grab to gather data on
sediment granulometry and the percentage mass, sphericity, and morphotype of rhodoliths …

Macroalgae

HL Spalding, GM Amado-Filho, RG Bahia… - Mesophotic coral …, 2019 - Springer
Macroalgae in mesophotic coral ecosystems are generally understudied compared to corals
and fishes yet may be more abundant than coral-dominated reefs given their lower depth …

Structure of rhodolith beds from 4 to 55 meters deep along the southern coast of Espírito Santo State, Brazil

GM Amado-Filho, G Maneveldt… - Ciencias …, 2007 - cienciasmarinas.com.mx
Rhodoliths are one of the most extensive benthic communities of the Brazilian continental
shelf, but their structure is poorly known. The richest marine flora of Brazils coastal zone is …