Rhodolith beds in the South-East Pacific

Climate change, ocean acidification and fisheries have negative impacts on rhodolith beds, resulting in calls for conservation (Hall-Spencer et al. 2010). At depths from about 10–25 m many of these spots were covered with rhodolith beds showing a lumpy growth form in Robinson Crusoe (Fig. 1a) and fr...

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Published in:Marine biodiversity 2015-06, Vol.45 (2), p.153-154
Main Authors: Macaya, Erasmo C., Riosmena-Rodríguez, Rafael, Melzer, Roland R., Meyer, Roland, Försterra, Günter, Häussermann, Vreni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acidification
Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Climate change
Coastal processes
Fisheries
Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Life Sciences
Ocean acidification
Oceanarium
Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
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Summary:Climate change, ocean acidification and fisheries have negative impacts on rhodolith beds, resulting in calls for conservation (Hall-Spencer et al. 2010). At depths from about 10–25 m many of these spots were covered with rhodolith beds showing a lumpy growth form in Robinson Crusoe (Fig. 1a) and fruticose habit in Guarello and Amita (Fig. 1b, c). [...]rhodolith beds in the South-East Pacific need to be analyzed in detail in the future and their role in coastal processes evaluated.
ISSN:1867-1616
1867-1624
DOI:10.1007/s12526-014-0254-z