TY - JOUR
T1 - North Atlantic Rhodolith Beds
AU - Hernandez-Kantun, Jazmin J.
AU - Hall-Spencer, Jason M.
AU - Grall, Jacques
AU - Adey, Walter
AU - Rindi, Fabio
AU - Maggs, Christine A.
AU - Bárbara, Ignacio
AU - Peña, Viviana
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Aggregations of living unattached corallines, previously often referred to as nodules, were given the name rhodoliths by Bosselini and Ginsburg ( 1971 ). Adey and MacIntyre ( 1973 ) provided an early discussion of their genesis and distribution. Such aggregations have long been known as maerl in the North East Atlantic, a Breton term for unattached thalli that lack a shell or pebble core (Irvine and Chamberlain 1994 ). Here, we provide an overview of rhodolith/maerl occurrence in the colder/temperate waters of the North Atlantic and summarize the distribution, species composition, biodiversity and ecological importance of these habitats.
AB - Aggregations of living unattached corallines, previously often referred to as nodules, were given the name rhodoliths by Bosselini and Ginsburg ( 1971 ). Adey and MacIntyre ( 1973 ) provided an early discussion of their genesis and distribution. Such aggregations have long been known as maerl in the North East Atlantic, a Breton term for unattached thalli that lack a shell or pebble core (Irvine and Chamberlain 1994 ). Here, we provide an overview of rhodolith/maerl occurrence in the colder/temperate waters of the North Atlantic and summarize the distribution, species composition, biodiversity and ecological importance of these habitats.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-29315-8_10
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-29315-8_10
M3 - Article
SN - 2211-0577
VL - 15
SP - 265
EP - 279
JO - Coastal Research Library
JF - Coastal Research Library
IS - 0
ER -
