North Atlantic Rhodolith Beds

Jazmin J. Hernandez-Kantun; Jason M. Hall-Spencer; Jacques Grall; Walter Adey; Fabio Rindi; Christine A. Maggs; Ignacio Bárbara; Viviana Peña

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29315-8_10

North Atlantic Rhodolith Beds

Jazmin J. Hernandez-Kantun^*
, Jason M. Hall-Spencer
, Jacques Grall
, Walter Adey
, Fabio Rindi
, Christine A. Maggs
, Ignacio Bárbara
, Viviana Peña

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	265-279
Number of pages	0
Journal	Coastal Research Library
Volume	15
Issue number	0
Early online date	1 Jan 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29315-8_10
Publication status	Published - 2017

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