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Summary The microfacies and palaeoenvironment of Lower Oligocene carbonates of the Gornji Gradbeds from Slovenia are investigated.
These beds form part of a transgressive succession overlying both terrigenous sediments (sand-stones and conglomerates) and
marine carbonates of Eocene age as well as transgressing directly over Triassic lime-stones. They are followed by foraminiferal
rich marls. The carbonates were investigated using multivariate statistical techniques on point counts of thin sections. They
are dominated by poorly sorted biogenic rudstones with pack-/wackestone matrix; pack- and grainstones are subordinate. The
biogenic components of the carbonates are dominated by coralline red algae (9 genera with 11 species), corals, small benthic,
large benthic, and encrusting foraminifera as well as bivalves. Gastropods, bryozoans, brachiopods, echinoderms, serpulids,
and green algae are subordinate. The well preserved components allow details pertaining to taxonomy, growth-forms and taphonomic
features to be observed. The following carbonate facies are distinguished: 1) nummulitic, 2) bivalve, 3) foraminiferal—coralline
algal, 4) grainstone, 5) coralline alga, 6) coralline algal—coral, and 7) coral facies. All the carbonate facies represent
fully marine conditions within the photic zone. They are interpreted with respect to substrate composition and stability,
water turbulence, terrigenous input and light. 相似文献
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The shell of a living specimen of the Indo-Pacific gryphaeid giant oyster Hyotissa hyotis was colonized by numerous encrusting, boring, nestling and baffling taxa which show characteristic distribution patterns.
On the upper valve, sponge-induced bioerosion predominates. On the lower valve intergrowth of chamid bivalves and thick encrusting
associations—consisting mostly of squamariacean and corallinacean red algae, acervulinid foraminifera, and scleractinian corals—provides
numerous microhabitats for nestling arcid and mytilid bivalves as well as for encrusting bryozoans and serpulids. Such differences
between exposed and cryptic surfaces are typical for many marine hard substrata and result from the long-term stable position
of the oyster on the seafloor. The cryptic habitats support a species assemblage of crustose algae and foraminifera that,
on exposed surfaces, would occur in much deeper water. 相似文献
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Sessile invertebrate coelobite communities attached to the walls and roof of cavities in coralgal reefs on the annular rim of the Bermuda platform near North Rock (4 sites) and in the algal cup reef tract on the south shore (3 sites) have been studied by belt photo-transects and direct sampling. Irradiance measurements reveal a light gradient which appears to exert a strong influence on the composition, relative coverage and zonation of the attached biotic communities. Two main communities are recognised from cluster analysis and relative areal coverage data. Near the cavity entrances is a community dominated by crustose coralline algae, with subsidiary ascidians, demosponges, bryozoans and Foraminifera. Species richness is high and there is total biotic coverage of walls and roof. This community grades laterally into an exclusively animal community characterised by encrusting sponges and Foraminifera, with subsidiary bryozoans and unidentified branching organisms. Coverage varies from 100% to 30%, the substrate often exhibiting high micro-relief from the branching growth forms of the Foraminifera. Species richness is high at North Rock sites, less so on the south shore. The distribution of coelobite species is compared with that described from previous studies in Bermuda, Grand Cayman and Madagascar. 相似文献
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Alexandre B. Villas-Boas Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez Marcia Abreu de Oliveira Figueiredo 《Helgoland Marine Research》2014,68(1):27-35
The community structure of rhodoliths beds in the central Brazilian continental shelf was studied under the hypothesis that nongeniculate coralline algae are the major contributors of the individual rhodoliths. Samples were collected from five localities within a single area at 17–18 m depth. At each locality, rhodoliths were collected in 10 random quadrat samples along a 20-m transect. Our results show that dead cores of rhodoliths were significantly composed by nongeniculate coralline red algae rather than bryozoans, corals, or inorganic material. The live outer layers of the rhodoliths are composed mainly of 7 species of nongeniculate red coralline algae (Lithophyllum coralline, L. johansenii, L. depressum, L. stictaeformis, Neogoniolithon brassica-florida, Spongites fruticosus, and Lithothamnion muellerii) associated with other encrusting organisms such as bryozoans, sponges, corals, barnacles, and Peyssonnelia red algae. Significant differences were found in the proportion of Lithophyllum species in relation to other red coralline algae found in this study. Our results show that on the Brazilian continental shelf, the rhodolith-forming species are quite higher in size than in any other studied areas in the world. There was no difference in the proportion of live-to-dead rhodolith materials, suggesting an old bed deposit. Also, the amount of calcium carbonate material in the specimens is relevant to take in account in terms of the CO2 balance worldwide. 相似文献
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Massimo Ponti Rossella Angela Perlini Vincenzo Ventra Daniele Grech Marco Abbiati Carlo Cerrano 《PloS one》2014,9(7)
Mediterranean gorgonian forests are threatened by several human activities and are affected by climatic anomalies that have led to mass mortality events in recent decades. The ecological role of these habitats and the possible consequence of their loss are poorly understood. Effects of gorgonians on the recruitment of epibenthic organisms were investigated by manipulating presence of gorgonians on experimental panels at 24 m depth, for Eunicella cavolinii, and at 40 m depth, for Paramuricea clavata, at two sites: Tavolara Island (Tyrrhenian Sea) and Portofino Promontory (Ligurian Sea). After 4 months, the most abundant taxa on the panels were encrusting green algae, erect red algae and crustose coralline algae at 24 m depth and encrusting brown algae and erect red algae at 40 m depth. Assemblages on the panels were significantly affected by the presence of the gorgonians, although effects varied across sites and between gorgonian species. Species diversity and evenness were lower on panels with gorgonian branches. Growth of erect algae and recruitment of serpulid polychaetes were also affected by the presence of the gorgonians, primarily at Tavolara. Crustose coralline algae and erect sponges were more abundant on E. cavolinii panels at 24 m depth, while encrusting bryozoans were more abundant on P. clavata panels at 40 m depth. Effects of gorgonians on recruited assemblages could be due to microscale modification of hydrodynamics and sediment deposition rate, or by a shading effect reducing light intensity. Gorgonians may also intercept settling propagules, compete for food with the filter-feeders and/or for space by producing allelochemicals. Presence of gorgonians mainly limits the growth of erect algae and enhances the abundance of encrusting algae and sessile invertebrates. Therefore, the gorgonian disappearances may cause a shift from assemblages characterised by crustose coralline algae to filamentous algae assemblages, decreasing complexity and resilience of coralligenous bioconstructions. 相似文献
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Competitive dominance among sessile marine organisms in a high Arctic boulder community 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
In most hard substrate environments, space is a limiting resource for sessile organisms. Competition for space is often high and is a structuring force within the community. In the Beaufort Sea’s Boulder Patch, crustose coralline red algae are major space occupiers. This research determined if coralline algae were competitively dominant over other sessile organisms. To test this hypothesis, overgrowth was documented in terms of “winners” and “losers” on the contact borders between different species. Crustose corallines occurred in over 80% of the observed interactions but were only winners in approximately half of them. Most frequently, bryozoans, tunicates, and sponges were superior competitors over crustose corallines, while at the same time these invertebrate groups were among the least abundant space occupiers. 相似文献
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Microencrusters and microtaphonomic features of the Oxfordian spongiolithic limestones of the External Prebetic were studied
using thin-section analysis. The spongiolithic limestone is a bioclastic-rich packstone with common echinoderm, mollusc and
brachiopod remains. The bioclasts show a high fragmentation index and frequent microborings. The encrustation index (E
i) is higher for fragments of serpulids, ammonoids and bivalves, and increases with the initial grain-size of bioclasts. The
main microencrusters consist of benthic microbial communities (BMC) and nubeculariids, as well as subordinate calcareous and
siliceous agglutinated foraminifera, serpulids and bryozoans. BMC are usually the first colonizers, and encrusting foraminifera
mainly appear on bioclasts larger than 2 mm. BMC dominate in well-developed encrustations on upward facing surfaces of larger
bioclasts that are also colonized by foraminifera (nubeculariids and Subdelloidina). Bullopora, serpulids and bryozoans are more common on lower surfaces. The fact that the values of encrustation index, encrustation
thickness and diversity of the microencrusters increase with the size of bioclasts is related to a higher stability and exposure
time of the available bioclastic substrate. The microencruster distribution on upper and lower surfaces of large bioclasts
may be related to photic control, space competition and/or predation avoidance. 相似文献
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von Bertalanffy curves were used to describe the nonlinear relationship between assemblages inhabiting holdfasts of the kelp Ecklonia radiata and the volume of the holdfast. This was done using nonlinear canonical analyses of principal coordinates (NCAP). The volume of the holdfast is a proxy for the age of the plant and, thus, the canonical axis is a proxy for succession in the marine invertebrate community inhabiting the holdfast. Analyses were done at several different taxonomic resolutions on the basis of various dissimilarity measures. Assemblages in relatively large holdfasts demonstrated ongoing variation in community structure with increasing volume when the dissimilarity used was independent of sample size. Smaller holdfasts had proportionately greater abundances of ophiuroids and encrusting organisms (bryozoans, sponges, ascidians), while larger holdfasts were characterised by proportionately greater abundances of crustaceans, polychaetes and molluscs. Such linear and nonlinear multivariate models may be applied to analyse system-level responses to the growth of many habitat-forming organisms, such as sponges, coral reefs, coralline algal turf or forest canopies. 相似文献
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Modern cryptic microbialite/metazoan facies from Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef,Australia) formation and concepts 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
Doz.Dr. Joachim Reitner 《Facies》1993,29(1):3-39
Summary From shallow water caves of fringing reefs related to continental islands of the Lizard Island Section thrombolitic micritic
microbialites were observed. The microbialites exhibit always a light decreasing facies succession. The succession starts
with a coralgal community and ends with light independent microbial biofilms and benthos (coralline sponges). The sessile
mineralized benthos community is constructed of crustose foraminifera, serpulids, thecidean brachiopods, bryozoans, and coralline
sponges. The observed benthic community is very similar to those one observed in cryptic habitates of Aptian and Albian reefs
of northern Spain.
For longtime studies of the microbialite formation and growth rates of coralline sponges the specimens were stained in vivo,
within their natural habitat with histochemical fluorochromes and nonfluorescent agents. Main results are a very slow growth
of the microbialite and associated sponges (50–100 μm/y). Only few calcifying microbes are participators during microbialite
formation. Calcifying acidic organic macromolecules are mainly responsible for microbialite formation by cementing detritical
material. Fe/Mn-bacterial biofilms are responsible for strong corrosion of the microbialite. Beside the corrosive activity
of the Fe/Mn-bacterial biofilms boring sponges (Aka, Cliona) are the main destructors.
Geochemically the observed microbialites are composed of mainly high-Mg calcites and exhibit high positive δ13C (+3 to +4) values. 相似文献
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J. Mallela 《Coral reefs (Online)》2007,26(4):775-785
Encrusting calcareous organisms such as bryozoans, crustose coralline algae (CCA), foraminiferans, and serpulid worms are
integral components of tropical framework-building reefs. They can contribute calcium carbonate to the reef framework, stabilise
the substrate, and promote larval recruitment of other framework-building species (e.g. coral recruits). The percentage cover
of encrusting organisms and their rates of carbonate production (g m−2 year−1) were assessed at four sites within a coastal embayment, along a gradient of riverine influence (high-low). As the orientation
and type of substrate is thought to influence recruitment of encrusting organisms, organisms recruiting to both natural (the
underside of platy corals) and experimental substrates were assessed. The effect of substrate exposure under different levels
of riverine influence was assessed by orientating experimental substrates to mimic cryptic and exposed reef habitats (downwards-facing
vs upwards-facing tiles) at each site. Cryptic experimental tiles supported similar encruster assemblages to those recruiting
to the underneath (cryptic side) of platy corals, suggesting that tiles can be used as an experimental substrate to assess
encruster recruitment in reef systems. Encruster cover, in particular CCA, and carbonate production was significantly higher
at low-impact (clear water), high wave energy sites when compared to highly riverine impacted (turbid water), low wave energy
sites. Cryptically orientated substrates supported a greater diversity of encrusting organisms, in particular serpulid worms
and bryozoans. The inverse relationships observed between riverine inputs and encrusters (total encruster cover and carbonate
production) have implications for both the current and future rates and styles of reefal framework production. 相似文献
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Calcified sponges, algae, and reef problematica are abundant yet poorly known from the Triassic of Japan. They are abundant in shallow-water carbonate, redeposited blocks of the Sambosan Accretionary Complex, Konosé Group, and southern Kyushu. Based on study of thin-sections from reef limestone exposed along the Kuma River, some important organisms and reef microfacies are described, which seem typical of Upper Triassic reef complexes. The most abundant reef organisms are hypercalcified sponges, including sphinctozoans, inozoans and chaetetids, followed by cyanophycean algae (including “Tubiphytes”-like organisms), and solenoporacean red algae. Loose sponge spicules in one thin-section also indicate the occurrence of rare hexactinellid sponges. Chambered demosponges described from the Konosé carbonate rocks include Solenolmia manon manon (Münster), Colospongia sp., Jablonskyia andrusovi (Jablonsky), several unidentified chambered sponges as well as the inozoid Permocorynella sp. 1 and Permocorynella sp. 2. Also present are chaetetid sponges and solenoporacean red algae belonging to Parachaetetes cassianus (Flügel) and Parachaetetes? sp. or Solenopora? sp. Especially abundant in thin-sections are cyanophyceans and “Tubiphytes”-like organisms. Among the organisms is Cladogirvanella Ott and Hedstroemia sp. The composition of the biota and presence of typical problematic organisms increases our knowledge of shallow-water Upper Triassic carbonate rocks in a remote setting in western Panthalassa. The composition of the biota indicates a mostly Carnian age. Most comparable organisms are known from both the northeastern and southern Tethys. 相似文献
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Janie L. Wulff 《Coral reefs (Online)》1984,3(3):157-163
Sponges mediate consolidation of Porites furcata rubble on shallow Caribbean reefs by quickly adhering to rubble and stabilizing it until carbonate secreting organisms can grow and consolidate it to the reef. Experimental investigations demonstrate that the entire cycle from (1) temporary binding of rubble by sponges, through (2) rubble consolidation by encrusting coralline algae, to (3) colonization of consolidated rubble by corals, can be completed within 10 months. Bound rubble both adds to vertical reef growth and also provides stable substrata for colonization by corals. Corals that colonize stabilized rubble are damaged less and survive better than on unstable rubble. Rubble that is not temporarily stabilized by sponges does not become bound to the reef, because continuous movement disturbs the consolidation process, and does not provide suitable substrata for settlement and growth of corals. Sponge-mediated consolidation of rubble may increase rates of reef growth and enhance reef recovery after damage. This new role for sponges in reef growth is not obvious from examination of the internal fabric of a reef frame. Spongemediated consolidation may help to explain geographic and temporal differences in growth and morphology among shallow reefs of ramose corals. 相似文献
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Jennie Mallela 《PloS one》2013,8(3)
It is widely accepted that deteriorating water quality associated with increased sediment stress has reduced calcification rates on coral reefs. However, there is limited information regarding the growth and development of reef building organisms, aside from the corals themselves. This study investigated encruster calcification on five fore-reefs in Tobago subjected to a range of sedimentation rates (1.2 to 15.9 mg cm−2 d−1). Experimental substrates were used to assess rates of calcification in sclerobionts (e.g. crustose coralline algae, bryozoans and barnacles) across key reef microhabitats: cryptic (low-light), exposed (open-horizontal) and vertical topographic settings. Sedimentation negatively impacted calcification by photosynthesising crustose coralline algae in exposed microhabitats and encrusting foram cover (%) in exposed and cryptic substrates. Heterotrophs were not affected by sedimentation. Fore-reef, turbid water encruster assemblages calcified at a mean rate of 757 (SD ±317) g m−2 y−1. Different microhabitats were characterised by distinct calcareous encruster assemblages with different rates of calcification. Taxa with rapid lateral growth dominated areal cover but were not responsible for the majority of CaCO3 production. Cryptobiont assemblages were composed of a suite of calcifying taxa which included sciaphilic cheilostome bryozoans and suspension feeding barnacles. These calcified at mean rates of 20.1 (SD ±27) and 4.0 (SD ±3.6) g m−2 y−1 respectively. Encruster cover (%) on exposed and vertical substrates was dominated by crustose coralline algae which calcified at rates of 105.3 (SD ±67.7) g m−2 y−1 and 56.3 (SD ±8.3) g m−2 y−1 respectively. Globally, encrusting organisms contribute significant amounts of carbonate to the reef framework. These results provide experimental evidence that calcification rates, and the importance of different encrusting organisms, vary significantly according to topography and sediment impacts. These findings also highlight the need for caution when modelling reef framework accretion and interpreting results which extrapolate information from limited data. 相似文献
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In contrast to the Palaeozoic to Jurassic fossil record, modern tropical and subtropical shallow-water brachiopods are typically
small-sized and mostly restricted to cryptic habitats in coral reefs, but information on microhabitat-composition is scant.
At Dahab, northern Red Sea, living brachiopods of the genus Argyrotheca were only detected on massively encrusted coral colonies attached to encrusting foraminifers and coralline red algae. Three
samples from autochthonous sediments underneath coral colonies are comparatively rich in the brachiopod genera Megerlia and Argyrotheca, and additionally show low numbers of Novocrania and Thecidellina. Based on a coarse-grain analysis including more than 16,000 components >1 mm, these brachiopod shells co-occur with skeletal
components of 11 higher taxa. Decapods, fixosessile foraminifers, molluscs, scleractinians, and coralline red algae clearly
dominate the assemblages. Brachiopods in this study always contribute less than 2% to the sediment composition. This confirms
previous results that even in brachiopod habitats the contribution of brachiopod shells to the total sediment composition
is almost negligible. Our study indicates that brachiopods co-occur with pteriomorph bivalves and other epifauna in the cryptic
habitats with limited space for encrusters or epibionts on the undersides of scleractinians and it tentatively supports the
hypothesis of brachiopods preferring habitats with low grazing pressure, because shelly components of grazers (polyplacophorans
and regular echinoids) are rare in our samples. 相似文献
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Abstract: A palaeoecological study of sclerozoan foraminifera of the families Saccamminidae (aff. Sagenina ), Lituolidae ( Placopsilina ), Cibicididae ( Cibicides , Dyocibicides , Cibicidella ) and Planorbulinidae ( Planorbulina and Planorbulinella ) that colonized epifaunal bivalves (ostreids and pectinids) during the early Pliocene in southern Spain has led to the recognition of two new boring ichnogenera: Camarichnus ichnogen. nov., with two ichnospecies, C . subrectangularis ichnosp. nov. and C . arcuatus ichnosp. nov., and Canalichnus ichnogen. nov., with one ichnospecies, C . tenuis ichnosp. nov. The first two ichnospecies were produced by adnate lituolids and cibicidids, the last by saccamminids. Their recognition is very important when quantifying populations of these organisms. Colonisation took place after death of the host bivalves, when they acted as very stable substrates whose topography probably controlled the initial settlement pattern of the foraminifera. The colonisation sequence started with the foraminifera (lituolids-saccamminids-cibicidids-planorbulinids) and was followed by vermetid gastropods, serpulids, spirorbids, cheilostome bryozoans and/or ostreids. Preferred orientations and overgrowth relationships between cheilostome bryozoans and serpulids have been detected in this material. 相似文献
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Epi- and endobiontic organisms on Late Jurassic crinoid columns from the Negev Desert, Israel: Implications for co-evolution 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
HOWARD R. FELDMAN CARLTON E. BRETT 《Lethaia: An International Journal of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy》1998,31(1):57-71
Columns of the articulate crinoids Millericrinus and Apiocrinites from the Upper Jurassic (Upper Callovian) Zohar and Matmor formations of the Negev Desert of Israel display abundant encrusting organisms of about ten species, as well as diverse trace fossils produced by endobionts. Pluricolumnals were colonized by epi- and endobiontic organisms both during life and post-mortem. Skeletonized encrusting organisms include abundant ostreid bivalves (which evidently colonized both live and dead crinoid columnals), two types of serpulid worms, encrusting foraminifera, three species of bryozoans, and small encrusting sclerosponges. Several types of borings are present: Trypanites (possibly produced by sipunculids), Gastrochaenolites (crypts of boring lithophagid bivalves), elliptical barnacle? borings, and channel-like annelid? borings. In addition, approximately 16% of the pluricolumnals display circular parabolic embedment pits assignable to the ichnogenus Tremichnus. They are associated with substantial deformation of the containing columnals and were probably the work of host-specific ectoparasitic organisms. Discovery of Tremichnus on Jurassic crinoids extends the range of this trace by almost 100 million years, providing evidence for one of the longest-ranging host-parasite interactions documented thus far (over 200 million years). The relationship of epibionts to the Jurassic crinoids thus ranged from simple utilization of dead hard substrate to probable opportunistic commensalism in forms that colonized the live upright stems, as in some oysters, through host-specific parasitism in the case of Tremichnus. 相似文献
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R. Sanfilippo A. Rosso D. Basso D. Violanti I. Di Geronimo R. Di Geronimo F. Benzoni E. Robba 《Facies》2011,57(1):1-13
We studied the sclerobiont community associated with organogenic and lithic cobbles from soft bottoms in the Khao Lak coastal
area (Andaman Sea) that was damaged by the 2004 tsunami. The 15 cobbles examined originate from grab and hand sampling carried
out in the years 2006 and 2007 in the depth range of 4.6–15.2 m. A rich endo- and epibenthos was identified, mainly consisting
of algae, foraminifers, sponges, cnidarians, polychaetes, bryozoans and bivalves. Associations on each examined cobble show
similarities in composition and structure being characterized by a few dominant groups. Differences were noted in the degree
and pattern of colonization, distinguishing for each cobble an upward and a downward side at the time of sampling. The mean
total coverage is 15.09% being higher on the upper sides (17.4%) compared to the lower sides (12.8%). Calcareous algae, bivalves
and sponges prevail on upper sides, while bryozoans prevail on lower sides. The sclerobionts distribution allowed to infer
the orientation of cobbles on the seafloor during colonization. Major colonization values, exceeding 30% coverage, were observed
on organogenic cobbles located in the proximity of reefs or collected from below 12 m of water depth. Conversely, cobbles
from the shallowest stations result poorly colonized, independently of their composition. The water turbidity and wave motion
as a possible cause of the observed distributions were discussed. The Khao Lak cobble community seems to be largely unaffected
by the tsunami event, as suggested by the estimated biodiversity, abundance and coverage of sclerobionts. 相似文献
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Summary Carbonate-dominated successions of the Gipsdalen and Tempelfjorden Groups from Svalbard record a significant shift from Photozoan
to Heterozoan particle associations in neritic settings during the late Palaeozoic. During the Bashkirian, benthic particle
associations which included photoautotrophs such as phylloid algae (Chloroforam Association) characterised shallow subtidal
environments. Most depositional settings which endured siliciclastic terrestrial input exhibited poorly diversified associations
dominated by brachiopods, bryozoans and siliceous sponges (Bryonoderm Association). During the Moscovian to Asselian, highly
diversified associations typified by various calcareous green algae,Palaeoaplysina, Tubiphytes, fusulinids, smaller and encrusting foraminifers (Chloroforam Association) prevailed in carbonate sediments from supratidal
to shallow subtidal environments. During the Sakmarian and Early Artinskian, oolitic carbonate sands (Chloroforam Association)
typified intertidal flats, whereas shallow subtidal environments were occupied by moderately diversified associations with
fusulinids, smaller foraminifers, echinoderms and bryozoans (Bryonoderm-extended Association) and poorly diversified associations
with echinoderms, brachiopods and bryozoans (Bryonoderm Association). During the Late Artinskian to Kazanian, poorly diversified
associations characterised by brachiopods, echinoderms and bryozoans (Bryonoderm Association), and sponge-dominated associations
(Hyalosponge Association) reigned within siliceous carbonates of intertidal and shallow subtidal environments.
This trend is interpreted as a result of climatic cooling and fluctuations of prevailing levels of trophic resources within
shallow-water settings during the studied time period. While raised nutrient levels were restricted to near-shore settings
during the Bashkirian, steady mesotrophic conditions arose from the Sakmarian onward and increased to late Permian times. 相似文献
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Lower Oligocene, shallow-water carbonates of the Calcareniti di Castelgomberto formation (Monti Berici, Italy, Southern Alps) are studied in detail with respect to fabric and component distributions in order to trace paleoecological changes along a monotonous sedimentary stacking pattern. The carbonates are dominated by coralline algal rudstones with a packstone to wackestone matrix. Non-geniculate coralline algae include six genera: Lithoporella melobesioides, Mesophyllum, Neogoniolithon, Spongites, Sporolithon, and Subterraniphyllum. The algae are found in the form of encrusting thalli, rhodoliths, and coralline debris. Non-algal components include larger, small benthic, and planktonic foraminifera associated with bryozoans, zooxanthellate corals, and echinoderms. Four carbonate facies are distinguished: (1) coralline algal facies, (2) coralline algal-coral facies, (3) coralline algal-larger foraminiferal facies, and (4) coralline algal debris facies. Marly horizons also occur in the section. The facies and coralline algal content are interpreted with respect to light intensity, hydrodynamic energy, biotic interactions, and substrate stability. Facies development along the studied section shows systematic variations, suggesting asymmetric sea-level changes with rapid regressions and gradual transgressions. 相似文献
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JAMES P. A. NOBLE ALAN LOGAN G. ROBERT WEBB 《Lethaia: An International Journal of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy》1976,9(1):1-18
A distinctive rocky subtidal benthic community (the Terebratulina Community) is described from the Bay of Fundy, Canada. It is shown to consist of three closely intcrspersed sub-communities: a cavity sub-community, characterised by chitons, coelenterates, brachiopods, bryozoans, chordates and annelids; a rock-face subcommunity, similar in composition but enriched in brachiopods and sponges; and an upper-surface subcommunity, dominated by algae, chitons, bivalves and echinoids.
Comparison with recently described Jurassic, Cretaceous and Recent (Mediterranean) hard-ground communities suggests a relative constancy in composition, in terms of higher taxa, since the Mesozoic. Development of these (sub-)communities occurs wherever crevice or cavity systems on hard substrates lead to microenvironments differentiated mainly on the basis of water energy and light.
The composition and trophic structure of the community and the life habits of Terebratulina septentrionalis (Couthouy) are related to aspects of the environment. Marked differences in composition between the living cavity sub-community and the death assemblage in the sediments are shown to be due to differential preservation, fragmentation, population dynamics and limited local transportation. 相似文献
Comparison with recently described Jurassic, Cretaceous and Recent (Mediterranean) hard-ground communities suggests a relative constancy in composition, in terms of higher taxa, since the Mesozoic. Development of these (sub-)communities occurs wherever crevice or cavity systems on hard substrates lead to microenvironments differentiated mainly on the basis of water energy and light.
The composition and trophic structure of the community and the life habits of Terebratulina septentrionalis (Couthouy) are related to aspects of the environment. Marked differences in composition between the living cavity sub-community and the death assemblage in the sediments are shown to be due to differential preservation, fragmentation, population dynamics and limited local transportation. 相似文献